Virginia Woolf once said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn… for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Had Woolf been a teen with a ‘zine during the late ’70s or early ’80s, she might have said…
Roni Size was the champion of electronica sub-genre drum and bass (DnB) at dirty clubs in the late ’90s and early ’00s. With the release of New Forms in 1997 with Reprezant, a drum and bass collective he founded, Size won widespread acclaim. After the album’s release, music critics and…
In the middle of a drab cluster of warehouses just east of the Flagler railroad tracks near downtown Fort Lauderdale, color flies in every direction and a series of faces stare out: aliens, a vivid purple punk-styling of David Bowie-meets-Jem and the Holograms sexpot, a quasirealistic depiction of London gangster…
The Romani people are a fairly misunderstood culture, shrouded in myth, a semi-self-imposed isolationism, and secrecy. But you wouldn’t know it listening to the Gipsy Kings. There’s nothing secret about those salsa rhythms bubbling over with rumba and funk, making bones rattle with pulsating dance vibrations. If you don’t know…
The debate between Elvis fans and Beatles fans over which rock god/gods were more important or influential has been waging for half a century. “Paul is still making music!” “Elvis died a has-been on a toilet!” “Elvis shook the establishment!” “Elvis was the hillbilly cat, and the Beatles were a…
Do you remember your first kiss? You know, the fairly clumsy mix of clicking teeth and tongues in limbo. And then the post-embrace silence that left you probably wishing you’d been swallowed by the Earth instead of that awkward boy/girl from fourth period. Stop Kiss, a 1998 play written by…
Richard Finch in custody.Busted in Licking County, Ohio, Richard Finch, co-founder of KC and the Sunshine Band, is being held on a $250,000 bond after his arrest Tuesday on a charge of “gross sexual imposition.”In other words, the way he likes it is with underage boys. Finch acknowledged inappropriate contact…
Just because it’s not St. Patty’s day or just because your heart doesn’t pump green blood, doesn’t mean you can’t indulge in a little Irish living from time to time. Boca pub The Dubliner takes your liver straight to Erin with their two-for-one deal on Guinness. And with cuisine like…
Comedian and political provocateur Lewis Black, formerly of the Daily Show, says the kind of things we all want to say. His comments include the devolution of our political prospects: “I believe in 12 years, we’ll be voting for plants.” And then there are comments on home and holiday: “Americans…
In the 1930s, a church group tried to warn us of the dangers of cannabis with Tell Your Children, a film which was then purchased by Dwain Esper, the infamous director of irredeemably bad cult classics, who cut it into what we know today as Reefer Madness. Fast forward to…
myspace.comRaffa & Rainer playing, but not at the BubbleRaffa & RainerWith Bridget + Luke and Sweet BroncoThe Bubble, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, March 20, 2010Raffa & Rainer, the sweeter-than-honey folk duo from Miami, have turned into an army with their latest effort No Mercy. The follow-up to the stripped-down, understated Stolen Coal…
Photo by Richie WiremanJeff Tweedy’s Shaggy Mop set as the opening actWilco doesn’t demand that much from its listeners. The band’s name stands for “will comply,” and listening to music this melodic, depressing, sleepy, and disarming can feel like popping a Valium. Much like the drug, the band has loads…
Earache RecordsThe friendly dudes of DeicideDeicide is death metal at its goriest. From lead singer/bassist Glen Benton’s burning upside-down crosses into his forehead to the band’s receiving death threats from animal-rights activists because Benton once shot a squirrel during an interview, the Tampa troublemakers have been a contentious presence for…
Deicide is death metal at its goriest. From lead singer/bassist Glen Benton’s burning upside-down crosses into his forehead to the band’s receiving death threats from animal-rights activists because Benton once shot a squirrel during an interview, the Tampa troublemakers have been a contentious presence for disciples of the genre. Love…
Is your vagina depressed? If she could talk, what would she say? Would she be angry? Insecure? The patron saint of female anatomy, Eve Ensler, set out to find the answer with Vagina Monologues, a controversial yet quasiliberating episodic play. It drew criticism when it came out in 1996 because…
At about 90 minutes, Mosaic Theatre’s production of William Finn’s Make Me a Song feels like a lifetime. From the musical’s opener of the same name to the closing, “Heart and Music,” the numbers are at times so cartoony and overacted that it’s hard to pay attention to the quality…
Those sparkly party platforms you bought over Christmas have been watching you, strappy, lifeless, and unused. You never had the guts or the preparation to wear them. A broken ankle, after all, didn’t sound like much of a party or the kind of holiday injury that results in no regrets…
Henry Rollins can be terrifying. He’s always angry, often tense. His ripped, sculpted body swaggers around like a mack truck waiting to decimate you at the next mention of Ann Coulter. He yells a lot. And his icy glare hits you like a hundred bloody fists thrashing about in the…
It’s hard to believe that Americans of Romani heritage (better known as Gypsies) still suffer social alienation. And Searching for the 4th Nail, a documentary that tries to explain the history of Gypsies while providing insight into their struggle for survival and respect, doesn’t really convince you that the alienation…
Sordid LivesHalf Rocky Horror Picture Show, half John Waters-esque dark comedy, Sordid Lives is about what happens when hillbillies, their friends, and their gay relatives collide in that curious territory we call Texas. More cultish than classic, it garners big laughs from the audience by being over-the-top as opposed to…
Who knew Oprah could serve as a symbol of revenge? For the past 25 years, the talk-show host seems to have dedicated herself to inspiring others to improve. She has used her platform to bring viewers whatever she believes can increase their quality of life, from books and book clubs…
It’s difficult to comprehend that only 55 years ago, women of color were not allowed, or at best not recruited, to grace the pages of fashion staple Harper’s Bazaar. Richard Avedon changed all that. Reaching for beauty across cultural spectrums and past traditional subjects, the famed photographer used his clout…
