Sweden

Ikea Hosts Midsummer Celebration Buffet (Video)

It's not even officially summer, but in Sweden, apparently, it's already mid-summer. Or, at least the start of summer (even though it's called Midsommar). That doesn't really surprise us, considering all the confusing (yet charming) names for simple items like chairs and sofas. In any event, Ikea ... More >>

Starbucks Is Expensive in South Florida: Outrageous in Norway

Are you addicted to Starbucks?  We are too -- so much so that we're seriously afraid to find out what horrible detox we'd go through if we didn't have our daily allowance of caffeine and sugar.Recently looking at our bank statement, we were shocked to see all the Starbucks charges. At about fou ... More >>

The Hives Resurface at the Top of Their Game; Singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist Tells Us Why

Wireless Woe: Internetz Harm Kidz? Probably Not.

American Academy of Environmental Medicine Says Wi-Fi Makes Kids Sick: BS or Uh-Oh?

Gone are the days of chalkboards, abacuses, and dunce caps. Nowadays elementary-school students (of a certain social stratus) tote iPads and laptops and get shamed for their stupidity on social media.And while the prospect of Little Billy jumping on Plantation Middle School's wireless network to pol ... More >>

Donuts Are The Cause of America's Problems

​It is true that America is home to the Luther Burger. It is true that America invented greasy fast food, and continues to love its Burgerdonalds and McKings with heart-stirring (and -stopping) patriotic ardor. It is true that our prolonged prosperity in the 20th century, our early adoption of ref ... More >>

It's Feminist Revenge in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Booze Commercial With An Ironic Twist

Drink responsibly this season. ​The commercial starts as the usual 30 second spot for booze. Soft music plays as some liquid silk of a libation is pored into a perfect glass. A narrator with a soft burr (Swedish? Scottish?) says that "for six generations the house of Taman has created an exceptio ... More >>

Top Movies to Watch Out for in 2011

Living Room Theaters Boca Raton Needs Work, but It's Already the Best Movie Food Around

Photos by Eric BartonIt's less Florida Atlantic University campus and more Stockholm.​There's something that feels foreign about the lobby/restaurant at the new Living Room Theaters in Boca Raton. The sparse tables and chairs look straight from Ikea, and the minimalist touches feel like the design ... More >>

Reindeer: It's What's For Dinner

Finnish tourist board​Despite rumors that Bojangles, North Carolina's fast-food underdog, was finally rolling out their revolutionary reindeer nuggets this month, that has not come to pass.However, other restaurants are disregarding convention (and the cries of children) as they opt to roast Rudol ... More >>

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" Leaves Little to Buzz About

"The Girl Who Played With Fire" Is a Grim and Bloody Adaptation

Bluejay's Cafe to Open Tuesday in Himmarshee, the Culmination of a Ten-year Love Affair

Photos by Eric BartonJeremiah and Zandra met when he was an exchange student in Sweden.​Jeremiah Buchanan and Zandra Lindgren met about ten years ago when he went to Sweden as an exchange student and stayed with her family. "I knew right then he was the guy I was going to marry," Zandra recalls.Th ... More >>

Alexi Delano and Camea

The Other Big Game

In Super Bowl Hypefest to Come, High Stakes for Foreign Football Players

Photo courtesy USA FootballChris Merritt, the Miami coach leading the USA Team​It's liable to get lost in the avalanche of pregame media coverage, but on January 30, Fort Lauderdale's Lockhart Stadium will host the first-ever Junior World Championship, pitting 45 of America's best football players ... More >>

New in Film for July 24, 2009

Nine U.S. Restaurants Make World's 50 Best List; Ramsey Strikes Out

Once again, S. Pellegrino has ranked the 100 Best Restaurants in the World, and nine of the top 50, including Momofuko Ssam Bar, which made the list for the first time this year, are in the United States. But we South Floridians are going to have to travel (and pay!) if we want to sample the best. ... More >>

Camera Ready

Everlasting Moments looks great, but it's ultimately a missed photo op.

Top Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

South African Songstress Miriam Makeba Dies

Q&A With Yngwie Malmsteen, Performing Tonight at Culture Room

Last Night: The Sword and Clutch at Culture Room

Northern Lights

Looking for fresh new jazz? Try Scandinavia.

Welcome to Sweden

Come for the Meatballs, Stay for the Disco

Throwback Tuesdays: Yngwie Malmsteen - "Rising Force"

Spain Does Reggaeton at Eurovision.... Sort Of

Interview With Meshuggah

SXSW So Far (I Think): Black Angels, Van Morrison, Roky Erickson, Cut Copy, Tough Alliance

Elin to perform at Sandoval's this weekend

Too Tough to Die

New Ramones DVD thrills but lacks the frills true fans crave

Dred Scott!

Return of the Diva

The Hellacopters

Rock & Roll Is Dead (Universal International)

Media Hijackers

NOFX plays with punk politics

The Hellacopters

Rock & Roll Is Dead (Liquor & Poker)

Swede Emotion

The Shout Out Louds speak the universal language of pop

Cho Zen

FLIFF: Kids in Foreign Lands

Gettin' Hers

Tanya Stephens proves truth is stranger than fiction

Attack of the Umlauts

That Sweden is so hot right now!

Mensen

Oslo City (Gearhead)

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Bigger Cages, Longer Chains (Epitaph/Burning Heart)

Diet Another Day

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we pursue a policy of "regime change"

Division of Laura Lee

Black City (Epitaph/Burning Heart)

Echo and the Bunnymen

Crystal Days 1979-1999 (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Letters to the Editor

Letters for March 22, 2001

Backstreet Boys

Black & Blue (Jive Records)

The Straight Dope