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1. Bob Norman

   The State Investigates Broward Commissioner Joe Eggelletion's Country Club Membership

   By Bob Norman

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Veteran Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion is well-known for his love of golf, but did he sell out his public office for the game? It's a question state investigators...

2. Letters

   Letters From the Issue of June 18, 2009

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Best Of Ballot Stuffing I appreciate Living Room being selected as Best New Bar. Although, as a designer who has created 13 nightclubs, the idea that Living Room is referred...

3. Feature

   South Florida's Housing Crisis Leaves Behind Ghost Towers

   By Lisa Rab

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Drive down Federal Highway or Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale or Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach and the "For Sale" signs seem inescapable. Every lonely strip-mall...

4. Live Wire

   Fatboy Slim

   By Arielle Castillo

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Fatboy Slim will be forever preserved in the mainstream pop-culture annals as that funk soul brother who all but left so-called "electronica" behind as he crafted...

5. Music

   Peter Murphy Rises Again

   With Bauhaus buried, the godfather of goth flies solo once more.

   By NED RAGGETT

   Published: June 18, 2009

   "I enjoy playing with what's at hand, almost like found ideas, something that's here and now. Most of my vocals are written in one take; they just need a bit of refining...

6. Night Watch

   The Thirsty Bartender

   I'm on YOLO's stage now.

   By Mickie Centrone

   Published: June 18, 2009

   It's Friday evening at the onset of happy hour, and I'm in YOLO's O Lounge — having second thoughts. A manager here has offered me a guest stint as a drink slinger, and...

7. Outtakes

   Head Spins: Danny Ashe

   Music-making and mashups in one seamless mix.

   By John Hood

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Is a DJ a musician? Some say yes; some say no. If you say yes, what happens when the DJ ditches the turntable and kicks on the Serato? Are they still musicians? And what about...

8. Music

   SAS Martini Lounge

   By Brett Gillin

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Fair warning: The strawberry martini at SAS Martini Lounge is dangerous. It's nearly impossible to taste even a hint of alcohol in the dark-pink concoction. Instead, it tastes...

9. Dish

   City Fish Market Rides the Fresh Fish Wave in Boca

   By Gail Shepherd

   Published: June 18, 2009

   Fish has become the food issue of the decade, as contentious and controversial as farm-raised chicken or foie gras was in the '90s. The doomsayers claim world fisheries are...

10. Dish

    Latin Conga!

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: June 18, 2009

    El Autentico Sabor de la Comida Dominicana," reads the menu at this Pompano Beach hole-in-the-wall. And it's authentic Dominican Republic fare, all right. Homemade specials at...

11. Film

    Staggering Something

    Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film-writing debut with Away We Go.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Midway through A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers' solipsistic, terminally apologetic-for-being-solipsistic...

12. Night & Day

    This Is Your Brain on Pink Floyd

    By Mickie Centrone

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Public Service Announcements want you to believe that your brain on drugs is comparable to an egg frying in a pan. But do you really want to listen to people who use eggs as...

13. Night & Day

    Bombs Away

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Just when the Marlins look ready to compete for the title of most craptastic team in baseball, whoa, they come back to mere mediocrity by doing what they seem to do best:...

14. Night & Day

    From Discord Find Harmony

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Some decisions are best made impulsively, like: Which ice cream flavor combination creates the best Sundae? (Answer: chocolate and marshmallow.) Or, which color glitter paint...

15. Night & Day

    Surf and Turf

    By Erica K. Landau

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Anyone who grew up hanging out under Commercial Pier, around Villas, or at Second Street in Pompano during the late ’90s and ’00s knows Dutch, the scruffy,...

16. Night & Day

    Delicious, Delicious Sexism

    By John Linn

    Published: June 18, 2009

    May God bless Hooters, that imitable representation of American sex at its most digestible. For 26 years now, the chain of eateries has been dishing out bar food served by...

17. Night & Day

    Espresso and Expression

    By Erin Hilburn

    Published: June 18, 2009

    South Florida native artist Hilda Vazquez is celebrating nearly 12 years of showing her work with her latest exhibit, “[ärt] n.”, opening Saturday at 8 p.m. at...

18. Night & Day

    Urban Renewal

    By Jason Budjinski

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Lately, it seems there’s been a rise in events combining live music and visual art. Saturday’s Soul School Special Assembly at Mix Ultra Lounge is no exception....

19. Night & Day

    Boobs and Benefits

    By Erica K. Landau

    Published: June 18, 2009

    Breast cancer’s a bitch. Organizations like the National Breast Cancer Foundation do great things by keeping awareness alive and funding much-needed research. But...

20. Night & Day

    Get High on Low Culture

    By John Linn

    Published: June 18, 2009

    You’re a consummate student of pop culture, able to pull quotes from the films of Spielberg and Scorsese at twice the speed of any normal mortal. You spend your down time...