1. Artbeat

¨United and Proud¨

Published: June 21, 2007

Every year, the gay art collective Arts United presents its ¨United and Proud¨ exhibition to coincide with gay and lesbian pride month in June. This year, someone hit on...

2. Feature

Gang Tackled

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

By Bob Norman

Published: June 21, 2007

It was just another Wednesday evening when Jerome Hicks got word that his son was targeted for death. The news came from an old friend on the phone. ¨The Haitians are saying...

3. News

Daddy´s Dog

Saying she´s treated like a stray cur, the wife of ¨Daddy´s Girl¨ millionaire Bruce McMahan breaks her silence

By Kelly Cramer

Published: June 21, 2007

Elena McMahan is disarmingly soft-spoken. She keeps her head lowered as she begins a conversation barely above a whisper. She wears a headscarf that identifies her as a member of the...

4. Night Rider

Soviet Block Party

Some people just prefer the taste of Russian dressing

By Marya Summers

Published: June 21, 2007

Russian Attitude Adjustment Friday was making me feel foreign. What was with these women? Dressed in shimmery sequins, clingy velvets, and silk ruffles, they looked like they´d...

5. Letters

Letters for June 21 to 27, 2007

Published: June 21, 2007

Union BluesA day without students: Complacency is something that is often attributed to college students, and from the looks of the action (or nonaction) taken by the student body...

6. Music

Antique Blues Man

Veteran blues singer Otis Taylor is seasoned, but he won´t break

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

It´s a sad state of affairs when a cultural art form like American blues music is hard to find, both on the radio and in live performance, yet an oddball subgenre like post-emo-shoegaze...

7. Dred Scott!

Benefits and Blessings

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

It´s interesting the way someone else´s tragedy can help us realize our own blessings. It´s inevitable that we all suffer through perils, but quite often, time dilutes...

8. Outtakes

Pedophile Ramblings

Insight into the artistic process of one R. Kelly

By Rob Harvilla

Published: June 21, 2007

Most likely, by now, you have fully absorbed Double Up, the latest chart-topping treatise from crazed/brilliant R&B Lothario R. Kelly. Which means that, despite the current attention...

9. Outtakes

Crunk Punk All-Stars

If you think Lil Jon and Bad Brains have nothing in common, wait till you meet Whole Wheat Bread

By Bryan Falla

Published: June 21, 2007

Things could have been very different for Whole Wheat Bread, a punk trio based in Jacksonville. For one, Nick Largen, the original bassist and backup vocalist, could have steered clear...

10. Outtakes

Rock ´n´ Roll Rewind

Old-school rock outfit Johnny Tonite kicks out the jams one more time

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

There was a time in South Florida´s music scene when bands were better-known for their talent rather than just how long they stood in front of the mirror primping their hair....

11. Short Cuts

Various artists

Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Numero)

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

Oh, the joy of the digital era. It seems like every month, obscure recordings and nearly impossible to find tracks are being rereleased as independent labels scour the catalogs of...

12. Short Cuts

Fridge

The Sun (Temporary Residence Limited)

By Mark Keresman

Published: June 21, 2007

Four Tet fans may get excited when they learn that one-third of Fridge is Kieran Hebden, the man behind Four Tet, but buyer be advised: The Sun is nothing like his brand of agitated...

13. Short Cuts

Chris Cornell

Carry On (Interscope)

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: June 21, 2007

Announcing his abrupt but unsurprising departure from Audioslave earlier this year, Chris Cornell -- already preparing to release Carry On -- spoke of wanting to explore avenues as...

14. Short Cuts

Erol Josué

Régléman (Mi5)

By Jason Ferguson

Published: June 21, 2007

It´s important when discussing albums of unique provenance to distinguish those that are novel from those that are novelties. A sophisticated-sounding pop album from a man who...

15. Live Wire

Black Light Burns

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

It´s unfortunately rare when musicians in wildly popular groups quit and form their own bands and manage to achieve similar success. I´d try to compile a list of those who...

16. Live Wire

Fourth Dimension

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 21, 2007

Reggae isn´t the type of genre where you can fake it to make it. Plenty of musicians can try their hand at roots-rock reggae, but if they´re not familiar with playing it...

17. Live Wire

Dr. John

By Vernal Coleman

Published: June 21, 2007

Those who can´t do, teach. Figure, then, that musicians who don´t create, cover. Which is not to suggest that Dr. John, legendary boogie pianist and former Popeye´s...

18. Live Wire

The Ataris

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published: June 21, 2007

The Ataris If recent alt-rock history has taught bands anything about how to keep their career out of the shitter, it´s (1) do not, under any circumstances, allow someone in the...

19. Dish

Heart of Darkness

Great white hunters get jungle fever at the Leopard Lounge

By Gail Shepherd

Published: June 21, 2007

Palm Beach has always had a thing for Africa. In the several seasons that I temporarily trespassed in the hallways of the Dodges and Phippses and Pulitzers on my way into or out of...

20. Film

Evan Can Wait

Why in God´s name did Steve Carell take the paycheck?

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: June 21, 2007

Evan Almighty, the follow-up to Bruce Almighty, is the work of an angry God. At 89 minutes that last a lifetime, it´s a sanctimonious sitcom dolled up as the most expensive comedy...