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21. Music

    High and Rising

    Rock the Bells returns to Miami with a fresh crop of legends and up-and-comers

    By Esther Park and Ben Westhoff

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Last year marked the inaugural local installment of the traveling hip-hop extravaganza known as Rock the Bells. Breathing some much-needed golden-age and conscious-type air...

22. Music

    Projekt Evolution

    In case you thought traveling music festivals had no roots

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: July 31, 2008

    The music festival is nothing new; it's been around for decades here in the States, whether we're talking the Newport Folk Festival or current behemoths like Coachella and...

23. Night Watch

    American Idle

    Who knows what will fall into an open mic?

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: July 31, 2008

    I walk into the dark, smoky bar. It's a full house tonight, and every head turns as I make my way to the front of the room. I pop open my guitar case, brandish a Gibson, and...

24. Pub Stalker

    The Field Irish Pub

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: July 31, 2008

    In Dania, hidden behind a tree, is a portal to rural Irish life – at least the way I've always imagined it. It's Tuesday afternoon, and that's a good enough reason to...

25. Short Cuts

    David Bowie

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: July 31, 2008

    It's nearly laughable that this album is being marketed as "previously unreleased." Bowie's 1972 show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is perhaps one of the most-bootlegged...

26. Live Wire

    Kill Hannah

    By Monica Cady

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Since the mid-'90s, Chicago-based goth darlings Kill Hannah have been making electronic pop-rock that's synth-heavy, dramatic, and danceable. But it wasn't until 2002, when the...

27. Subtropical

    Nat Adderley

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: July 31, 2008

    While brother alto saxophonist/bandleader Julian "Cannonball" Adderley garnered most of the fame, cornetist (and a grad of Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High School) Nat Adderley...

28. Short Cuts

    Emmylou Harris

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: July 31, 2008

    It's fair to say there's no one who's more adept at interpreting other people's songs than Emmylou Harris. Never mind that she's a superb writer in her own right; Harris'...

29. Live Wire

    Journey

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Hailing from San Francisco, Journey originated as a progressive-rock outfit in the mid-'70s, transitioned to reliable radio staples in the early '80s, and repeatedly reshuffled...

30. Short Cuts

    Katy Perry

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Katy Perry's capable of remaking herself for any promising target demographic. In her teens, she delivered achingly sincere contemporary Christian fare that didn't turn out to...

31. Live Wire

    Freddie McGregor

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Here in South Florida, we're lucky to have reggae royalty living in our midst. A number of reggae heavyweights call the place home, from the Marley clan to Inner Circle, but...

32. Short Cuts

    Eljuri

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: July 31, 2008

    It's fitting that the classic Jamaican powerhouse of Sly & Robbie provides the backing for "El Aire," the first track on Eljuri's solid American debut album. The song shows...

33. Live Wire

    Bow Wow

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Rap acts are known for having silly names. There's 50 Cent, Snoop Doggy Dogg, etc., but when you think about it, the child prodigy born Shad Moss, AKA Bow Wow, might have the...

34. Dish

    Highway to Hog Heaven

    Deep Down South takes the road less traveled and finds itself far ahead of the pack

    By John Linn

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Scene: Four friends plunge through the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. They're on the hunt for what is reputed to be the best barbecue joint in the area, Two Bubbas BBQ, and...

35. Film

    In the Spirit of Waugh

    A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote that "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can be... while holding untenable...

36. Film

    Change You Can't Believe In

    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it were. The clever premise, which would...

37. Night & Day

    Bliss in Bloom

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: July 31, 2008

    By the end of your weekly hour-long yoga class, you feel like a lovely puddle of well-being. If that high lasts a few days, imagine how much longer you’ll be buzzing after...

38. Artbeat

    Mother and Daughter: Coast to Coast.

    By Marya Summers

    Published: July 31, 2008

    Tapestry is too delicate a word for the chunky, textured weavings of Madie Lazenby. Created on a Navajo loom, hers are often bold – sometimes shaggy – wool...