1. Feature

My Girlfriend Flicka

Giddyup games are more than childish fun for pony play fetishists

By Ashley Harrell

Published: June 28, 2007

On a recent Saturday afternoon in a chilly Sheraton Suites conference room in Fort Lauderdale, Carolina Lainez is about to become a new pony. She has never met the cowboy at the front...

2. Tailpipe

Maniac on the Floor

By Ed Newton

Published: June 28, 2007

Dancing really is the best therapy. That goes even for an embattled politician like Hollywood Mayor Mara Giulianti, who, Tailpipe discovered recently, can unleash her hips to the libidinous...

3. News

God Hates You

The Westboro Baptists have a message for South Florida

By Brandon K. Thorp

Published: June 28, 2007

New Birth Baptist Church members are noticeably excited when they get their first look at the sign resting on Marge Phelps´ right shoulder: ¨YOUR PASTOR IS A WHORE.¨...

4. Night Rider

Disaster-Nots

Getting freaky with tiki at the Hukilau

By Marya Summers

Published: June 28, 2007

Tiki, I was told, is good times. Simple but permissively excessive, from the exotic rum drinks to the fun Polynesian prints. So Hukilau just seemed right for a reunion with my Nordic...

5. Bob Norman

In the Bag

Judge Seidlin heads off to la-la land with collateral damage to his image

By Bob Norman

Published: June 28, 2007

So Judge Larry Seidlin, of Anna Nicole Smith fame, has quit the Broward County Courthouse to go off to Hollywood to develop a TV show. South Florida should rejoice. It´s not...

6. Letters

Letters for June 28 to July 4, 2007

Published: June 28, 2007

On Crack? Stand Back Free health care for who? So let me get this straight. I am paying my taxes so an ex-con who is not from Florida can come to my hometown and demand free health...

7. Music

Groove Junkies

South Florida´s Heavy Pets have a real knack for getting themselves into a jam

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: June 28, 2007

It´s Saturday night at Tobacco Road in Miami, and the Heavy Pets are holding court upstairs. Funky environs and even funkier music have always converged at the Road, and tonight´s...

8. Music

Disco Diaries

A look at the inner workings of the Disco Biscuits

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: June 28, 2007

As pioneers of ¨trance fusion,¨ as they like to call it, electro-jam rockers the Disco Biscuits have made a name for themselves as innovators of the perpetual groove. By...

9. Dred Scott!

Disco Inferno

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 28, 2007

It was only two weeks ago that I wrote a column about how local indie/underground hangout Roxanne´s on Main was in a state of flux. The Oakland Park-based bar and popular show...

10. Short Cuts

KRS-One and Marley Marl

Hip-Hop Lives (Koch)

By Makkada B. Selah

Published: June 28, 2007

KRS-One likes to pick a fight. Anyone who remembers anything about ¨The Bridge Wars,¨ the feud between KRS-One´s Boogie Down Productions and DJ Marley Marl´s Juice...

11. Short Cuts

Various artists

The Sandinista! Project (00:02:59)

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: June 28, 2007

Even with the flood of tribute albums besieging the marketplace in recent years -- some worthy, most redundant -- an homage to an album like the Clash´s Sandinista! seems an especially...

12. Short Cuts

Donnie

The Daily News (Soulthought)

By Jason Ferguson

Published: June 28, 2007

If there´s one thing missing from the recordings made by most current neo-soul artists -- besides, of course, an unprocessed rhythm section -- it´s a sense of urgency. All...

13. Short Cuts

Ibrahim Ferrer

Mi Sueño (Nonesuch)

By Ernest Barteldes

Published: June 28, 2007

Brought out of retirement in 1996 for the CD Buena Vista Social Club, Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer gained newfound fame and recognition that landed him a world tour and two solo albums....

14. Outtakes

Rabbit in the Moon

By Arielle Castillo

Published: June 28, 2007

If you dipped your toes in the waters of the Florida rave scene during the past, oh, 15 years, you´ve probably collected some warm, fuzzy half-memories of Rabbit in the Moon....

15. Outtakes

Jaco Redux

Two new Jaco Pastorius releases hit the streets

By Mark Keresman

Published: June 28, 2007

A self-professed Fort Lauderdale beach bum, Jaco Pastorius (1951-87) lit the skies of modern music for a relatively short time, yet his afterglow can still be seen. Larry Graham and...

16. Pub Stalker

Daisy Dukes Saloon

By Bryan Falla

Published: June 28, 2007

Daisy Dukes Saloon 10060 Pines Blvd. Pembroke Pines 954-430-9930 At first glance, it might come across as another Hooters wannabe. Sure, the double-entendre of the ¨Double...

17. Outtakes

How American Are You?

A pop quiz for the Fourth of July

By Cole Haddon

Published: June 28, 2007

In case you´ve ever wondered how ¨American¨ you really are, here´s a quiz to help you figure it out. Disregard our weighted scores in parentheses until you´ve...

18. Subtropical

J-Perk

(Organized Confuzion)

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 28, 2007

J-Perk ¨Lauderdale¨ (Organized Confuzion) Sometimes, rappers borrow a beat from another producer, and it all turns out wrong. Either the hook isn´t right or the lyrical...

19. Live Wire

Calle 13

By Jose Davilla

Published: June 28, 2007

Calle 13 crashed its way into the reggaeton party in 2005, coming seemingly out of nowhere with its hard-hitting eponymous debut. Booty-shaking though it was, the Puerto Rico-based...

20. Live Wire

New York Vs. Florida Sound Clash

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: June 28, 2007

Anyone accustomed to the warring side of reggae should be familiar with the joy of sound clashes. Forget about the one-love vibe that Bob Marley preached, because sometimes the best...