It all began with an anonymous letter from "a concerned parishioner." There was a small matter of missing funds from St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach. Would...
It was still dark when Patrick Neptune arrived at Fort Lauderdale Beach, just before 5 a.m. on Friday, February 22. Neptune, who had come from his home in Plantation, steered...
Waive the Waiver How that fresh lemon scent could turn you off: That was a great piece on Maroone and Auto Nation ("They Can't Be Beat," Bob Norman, March 13). I was surprised...
Step Away from the Vehicle, Sir The music was superb at Langerado Music Festival this year, and the mood was mellow — once you got in. Last week on the Big Cypress...
Dear Mexican: Since moving to Aztlán from Boston, I've spent so much time with my next-door neighbor from Mexico City that I've taken to using the word manito as a term...
There are a lot of DJs in the club scene who get off on controlling a crowd. They're in the booth keeping dance music lovers enthralled with club bangers, but ego sometimes...
Roots Rock doesn't really have a home in contemporary reggae any more. A good number of singers are keeping the consciousness aspects of the music alive like Tarrus Riley,...
One of the trends in punk rock that I happen to enjoy very much is how influences shape a 30-plus-year-old genre. C'mon, there's only so much one can do with three chords,...
Spinna is one of the busiest working producers and DJs on the planet. Not many can keep their hands on the pulse of the next shit when it comes to both hip-hop and dance music,...
Roxy Summers prefers to be called Roxy Cottontail, a name that she says perfectly encapsulates her love of drugs and booty. Two years ago, the New York-based DJ/party promoter...
Beirbrunnen Pub 425 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-462-1008 Bierbrunnen means "beer well." And when you're talking beer, well, you're probably...
My brain's on fire. It's the Monday after the madness of something like 1,100 bands playing 2,200 shows in four days. That why I was in Austin, Texas, last week, which is...
Growing up, I'd come home after school, say hello to my stay-at-home mommy, give her my empty lunch box, tell her about my day, and start my homework (so Dad could check it...
What's your favorite food? Whatever I'm eating at the moment. Whatever I just ate. Whatever I might eat tomorrow. Right now, faced with a cuisine you might call...
Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless army deserter and con-man, able to fool people into...
Focus, Francophiles! The Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach) is presenting an impressive collection of works from Edouard Boubat and Robert Doisneau,...
Bust out the glow sticks and the rave wear, because the Winter Music Conference, Floridas annual electronic answer to SXSW is kicking off this week all throughout Miami....
About this time last year I took my parents and girlfriend to see The Moody Blues in concert at Hard Rock Live (5747 Seminole Way, Hollywood). My girlfriend and I were the...
Critics of the current presidential administration often concede that while Bush and his crew are bumbling, ineffectual leaders, they are masterful media manipulators....
Imagine for a second that youre an immigrant youngster: Your father is borderline suicidal, and your nympho moms screwed everyone in town except the village idiot....