1. Artbeat

¨For the Love of Dogs¨

Published: July 5, 2007

With a giant Dalmatian puppy over its entry and silhouettes of a different breed in each of its windows, ¨For the Love of Dogs¨ begs for attention before visitors even make...

2. Feature

Kill My Wife. Please!

Glenn Sandler had trouble with Betty -- but the real trouble began when he tried to have her whacked

By Deirdra Funcheon

Published: July 5, 2007

It was such an innocent statement, with such a sinister meaning. "The weather's good here," Fred said. "I'm telling you, the weather's very good here." In...

3. Tailpipe

R.I.P. Jocks

By Ed Newton

Published: July 5, 2007

R.I.P. Jocks Check ´em again, doc Dimly lit hotel room. Overturned furniture. Four corpses on the floor, covered with sheets. Who´re the stiffs? Tailpipe asks. A wizened...

4. News

Pod Shots

A Deerfield pod-novelist may be close to striking literary gold

By Amy Guthrie

Published: July 5, 2007

The office door in Chris Hutchins´ modest Deerfield Beach apartment is closed to keep out Chester, a fat 11-year-old black tabby who´s inclined to meow unpredictably. Occasionally,...

5. Night Rider

Looking for Mr. Goodtime

Can we change the world one pole dance at a time?

By Marya Summers

Published: July 5, 2007

Last weekend, dance fever was in the air. I didn´t know it until the thing had run its course, and only then did I suspect that I might have been the Typhoid Mary of this particular...

6. Letters

Letters for July 5-11, 2007

Published: July 5, 2007

Two-Way Corruption Is briber cleaner than bribee?: When is this lawyer Chris Roberts being brought up on federal charges (¨In the Bag,¨ Bob Norman, June 28)? Bribing a judge...

7. Music

The Tastemaker

Local radio celeb DJ Entice is fresher than you think

By Andre Uter

Published: July 5, 2007

You wouldn´t think ¨Invest in our children´s future¨ would mean buying a dusty set of turntables and a Gemini mixer, but in the case of WEDR-FM (99.1 Jamz) personality...

8. Dred Scott!

Blacks and the Blues

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 5, 2007

One of the more disappointing components of urban culture as it relates to music today is that quite often, black audiences only care about what´s hot right now. Before anyone...

9. Outtakes

Raised by the People

Ex-Born Jamerican frontman Notch is back with a new disc and a new genre

By Bryan Falla

Published: July 5, 2007

On his debut solo album, Raised by the People, New York-based crooner/rapper Notch is a sonero, by definition a well-trained songsmith in the prime of his career. He´s already...

10. Outtakes

Sweat Hotel

Forget about R. Kelly. Keith Sweat shows us who´s the real don of R&B.

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 5, 2007

There was a time in the history of black music when R&B still meant something. Plenty of people would argue that the genre was at its peak when popular crooners of the ´70s such...

11. Outtakes

Fell Out of Love With a Band

Why half-assed prog rock sinks the Stripes´ newest album

By Nate Cavalieri

Published: July 5, 2007

While absorbing the Blueshammer ersatz and pheromone-scented metallurgy of Icky Thump, the White Stripes´ sixth record, it´s hard not to long for the candy-striped sibs who...

12. Short Cuts

Ben Weaver

Paper Sky (Fugawee Bird)

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: July 5, 2007

Judging by the brightly colored artwork on the cover of Paper Sky, singer/songwriter Ben Weaver´s fifth album, you can tell it´s a considerably less dour ride than Weaver´s...

13. Short Cuts

Paul McCartney

Memory Full (Hear Music)

By Lee Zimmerman

Published: July 5, 2007

In a roller-coaster career that´s nearing the 40-year mark, Paul McCartney has tallied his share of both successes (McCartney, Band on the Run, Flowers in the Dirt, and, most...

14. Short Cuts

Various artists

Motown Remixed 2 (Universal)

By Mark Keresman

Published: July 5, 2007

When drawn from an oeuvre as iconic as Motown, the remodels included on this new disc, Motown Remixed 2, are to be unavoidably compared/contrasted with the original source material....

15. Short Cuts

Smashing Pumpkins

Zeitgeist (Virgin)

By Annie Zaleski

Published: July 5, 2007

Those of you hoping that the Smashing Pumpkins´ comeback record is an unmitigated disaster will be disappointed: It´s not. Those of you afraid that lead Pumpkin Billy Corgan...

16. Subtropical

Dr. Aljazz

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 5, 2007

Dr. Aljazz It´s always a plus when people have multiple talents. Some athletes paint; some hip-hop stars make movies. Nowadays, you almost need a second trade to make it in this...

17. Live Wire

The 69 Eyes

By Arielle Castillo

Published: July 5, 2007

Ah, Finland. Frozen tundra of absolute mystery. The country that even the rest of Scandinavia makes fun of. The place whose most recent major international musical offering was Lordi,...

18. Live Wire

DJ Ivano

By Lucy Orozco

Published: July 5, 2007

Among all the music that resonates through the nighttime streets of Miami, few of it gets dubbed as ¨the sound of South Beach.¨ No, we´re not talking about the vocal...

19. Live Wire

Fair to Midland

By Vernal Coleman

Published: July 5, 2007

Oh, how I miss the wit and, apparently, prophetic wisdom of Zac Crain, the Dallas Observer´s former and delightfully caustic music scribe, who in 2002 described Fair to Midland...

20. Live Wire

Sister Hazel

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: July 5, 2007

Looks like it´s time for more rock ´n´ roll from the swamp. Gainesville´s favorite band, Sister Hazel, is heading south on tour and hoping they can still cause...