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21. Feature

    Backbreaker

    A half-kilo of blow, machine-gun blasts, and a millionaire chiropractor. Does this make sense?

    By Thomas Francis

    Published: July 10, 2008

    On April 1, as dusk settled on Bal Harbour, Dr. David Goroway parked his white Toyota Tundra on Collins Avenue. Only a few years ago, when he lived with his wife, a former...

22. Music

    30 Days and 30 Nights With Timb

    After years of grinding in the underground, Timb veers even further from the mainstream

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 10, 2008

    Timb has heard all the jokes. At 6-foot-3, with bleached-blond hair, morgue-pale skin, and a wardrobe full of industrial fetish attire, the Fort Lauderdale-based singer can be...

23. Dred Scott!

    Guitar Shorty's Got a Right to Sing the Blues

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 10, 2008

    David Kearney isn't the type of senior citizen who wants to fade off into retirement. At the age of 72, he still sees himself as a confirmed bachelor, checks his email every...

24. Outtakes

    Hailing the Heartbrakers

    A dedicated scribe recalls the first Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers show ever

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: July 10, 2008

    It's not often that one can claim to have witnessed history, but yours truly had just such an opportunity one fall evening back in 1976. The events transpired in rather...

25. Outtakes

    A Hasidic State of Mind

    Matisyahu, Jewish reggae star, spits the facts

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 10, 2008

    There's a strong push within mainstream music to categorize recording artists and stick them in a box. Case in point — take a look at New York-based reggae chanter...

26. Outtakes

    Jacksonville Giants

    Electric President keeps its end of I-95 alive

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: July 10, 2008

    Sleep Well, the new album by Electric President, finds the Jacksonville duo of Ben Cooper and Alex Kane expanding on the indie-pop/electronica vibe that won over fans and...

27. Night Watch

    Xtreme Indoor Karting — You Gotta Have Balls

    No place for the testosterone-challenged

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: July 10, 2008

    When I was growing up, my father and brothers were very competitive, or, more accurately, completely ruthless at videogames, board games, sports, bowling, air hockey, and...

28. Short Cuts

    Weezer

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: July 10, 2008

    For all his obsession about writing the "perfect" pop song — a preoccupation that has always made Weezer records sound forced and constricted — Rivers Cuomo comes...

29. Pub Stalker

    Sports Rock Lounge

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: July 10, 2008

    At Sports Rock Lounge, you get more than you'd expect from your neighborhood dive. Here, you get free pool, dirt-cheap alcohol, and animated conversation about topics ranging...

30. Live Wire

    Nothing Rhymes With Orange

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: July 10, 2008

    More than just a handy reminder to aspiring poets and lyricists everywhere, the Miami-based group Nothing Rhymes With Orange strikes a perfect balance of shoegaze, pop, and...

31. Subtropical

    The Electric Bunnies

    By Abel Folgar

    Published: July 10, 2008

    The Electric Bunnies' music makes me feel like I'm beating off to pornography while my wife sleeps in the same room. Good thing I ain't married and can enjoy the Electric...

32. Live Wire

    Cat Shell

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 10, 2008

    How long does it take to fall in love with Cat Shell's voice? Depending upon how open your heart is to melodic, blues-tinged rock 'n' roll, not very long. The gorgeous...

33. Short Cuts

    Steinski

    By Dominic Umile

    Published: July 10, 2008

    For a while, the groundbreaking work credited to early Tommy Boy Records alumnus Steve "Steinski" Stein felt destined to elude mainstream acceptance forever. While classic...

34. Short Cuts

    Mates of State

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: July 10, 2008

    Husband-and-wife team Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner seemingly make gorgeous indie pop songs as easily and casually as the rest of us shower in the morning. Much has changed...

35. Live Wire

    Dave Matthews Band

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: July 10, 2008

    Want to make a hipster snarl? Just utter the following innocuous sentence — "Wanna go see the Dave Matthews Band?" — and watch the fun begin. The mere suggestion of...

36. Live Wire

    The Art of Xpression

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 10, 2008

    These days, there aren't a lot of venues left in Broward County to catch live hip-hop. Most of the clubs where the genre used to thrive have either shut down or no longer cater...

37. Dish

    Spanish on the Fly

    Me gusta Saffrón

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: July 10, 2008

    I came back from a trip to Guatemala last week with two missions: Learn Spanish. And plant some banana trees. Even before I left the States, my future course had started to...

38. Film

    Going Down

    Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: July 10, 2008

    At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if overly familiar and yawningly...

39. Film

    Devil May Care

    Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel

    By Chuck Wilson

    Published: July 10, 2008

    Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, but before this review goes any...

40. Artbeat

    Color Me New York: Photographs by Benn Mitchell

    By Marya Summers

    Published: July 10, 2008

    A flash course in the history of photography, from a practical documentary medium to a contemporary conceptual one, is available in the photographic gallery at the Boca Museum....