THU 26 Funny how we scrutinize and scrutinize the people who run for president, but we could give a rat’s posterior about the folks who run for relatively dinky offices. And then they turn out to be gay governors who sleep with their employees or elections supervisors who can’t design…
THU 19 Bartending can be stressful. Sometimes you just can’t remember whether you should mix Cointreau or Courvoisier! Jim Beam or J&B! It’s enough to make you go drown your frustrations on the other side of the bar. Chill. Tonight, during Margarita Madness, a pro mixologist will send you on…
THU 12 When Anthrax and Public Enemy got together to “Bring the Noise” some 13 years ago, metal bands began their rhythmic transition from straight-forward thrash to a funkier mosh. So it’s surprising to hear a new band like Hollywood’s Snatch Addicts, which sounds more like the thrash-core of M.O.D…
THU 5 Perhaps the film Nickel and Dime should be called Francs et Euros, considering it comes from the land of beret-wearing fashionistas and overpriced café au laits. Regardless, the French film’s director, Patrick Gimenez, is here in the States to introduce his movie, which is about a guy who…
THU 29 If you’re looking for the doorway to another dimension, psychedelics are the best choice. But… psychedelic drugs or music? Why, music, of course. Indeed, the secrets of the mind’s inner workings are found in the music of Jerrods Door, which opens you up to a whole realm of…
THU 22 Once upon a time — 2003, actually — “destroyers of bulls” Jordan Lorow and Christopher Macfarlane “realized what they must do. They knew that they would need help; an army.” So they recruited Joseph Nay and Daniel Levie to play in their band, Lost, My Love? When they…
THU 15 Tarpon Bend (200 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale) is looking for “any lady who thinks she has what it takes to be the next Miss Hawaiian Tropic.” If you’re one of those, enter the contest that starts every Thursday at 10 p.m. The winner takes home $500, plus…
THU 8 There’s a fine line between selling out and maturing that many punk bands would like to ignore. Not that Blink 182 was ever really punk, but Christ, have you heard “I Miss You”? It sounds like the band was held hostage by P. Diddy — quite a bit…
THU 1 After graduating from college, comedian Richard Jeni soon took what he thought was his dream job, working for a public relations firm. But Jeni’s quick descent into a lethargic slumber (quite reminiscent of Homer Simpson’s on-the-job dawdling) got him fired after only six months. Just think, if Jeni…
THU 24 You gotta admire a comic with real range — someone who can impersonate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joan Rivers. Pablo Francisco knows full well how to turn his gifts into laughs. The comedic machine gun delivers more laughs per minute than most standup comics, morphing in and out of…
THU 27 God save South Florida — the Creepy T’s have added a second guitar to their already fuzzed-out garage-punk mix, in the form of one Dr. Steven Van Helsing. While that may sound like a heavy load, just try to recall the last time guitarist/vocalist Derek Hyde actually played…
THU 20 It’s OK if Mexican immigrants want to clean our half-million-dollar houses… but when they move into our neighborhood? Hey, that might lower our property values! That’s the basis of the conflict that happened recently in Farmingville, Long Island — which is not too far from what’s happening in,…
THU 22 Aha! We figured out the mystery! ClueLess on Las Olas is really a pub crawl disguised as interactive murder mystery theater! Show up at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and SE Ninth Avenue (next to Mangos) at 5:30 p.m. to register for the event. At 7 p.m.,…
Before the Bosstones were Mighty Mighty, before Mephiskapheles signed a pact with Satan, and back when Skankin’ Pickle was just a cucumber and the Skalars were undergrads at Two-Tone University, the Toasters were laying the foundation for a new wave of ska music in America. Formed in 1982, after English-born…
When Attorney General John Ashcroft made a big to-do about the Spirit of Justice statue’s exposed marble breast, he succeeded mostly in looking like an out-of-touch, crotchety old fart. Anyone with an ounce of respect for the First Amendment felt vindicated by Ashcroft’s publicly looking the fool. But then came…
It’s open-mic night at the local comedy club, and your buddies are eggin’ you on to tell the audience that joke about the priest and the rabbi. But you’re reluctant, so they up the ante. “Come on, I double-dare you!” “Nah.” “Well, then… You leave me no choice: I triple-dog-dare…
Some bands don’t like to travel far to play shows, much less to hold band practice. Even the hour-and-a-half trek from Miami to West Palm Beach is often more of a pain than it’s worth. But for some bands, no distance is too far; their love of making music far…
Most Northerners would give anything right now for just five minutes of our warm, balmy, non-ice-laden weather. Yet many of us still complain when the temperature drops below 72 degrees. Rather than bitch about the two days a year that require more than a tank top and sandals, we should…
Certain band names stick out more than others. Some are clever parodies (Boris the Sprinkler); some are just totally offensive (the Crucifucks); and some are right-on, capturing a band’s essence in only a word or two while remaining sufficiently catchy and memorable. Canada’s VaGiants fall into the latter category, with…
As we enter the year 2004 — into a seemingly post-everything culture — one question seems more difficult than ever to answer: What constitutes original music these days? Nearly 40 years after the Beatles broke with the pop ranks in lieu of more ambitious projects, you’d think it’d be nearly…
While guitar-driven music has continued to evolve into the 21st Century, you’d be hard-pressed to find any single guitar player today worthy of the title pioneer. Sure, some experiment left and right with their millions of sound-effects racks and ready-made sequencing loops. But what does it take to actually develop…
What do you get when you cross punk, techno, hip-hop, glam rock, pop, dance, disco, and neoclassical piano? Not sure, huh? How about if you added a guitar covered in all manner of bizarre stickers and a guy who wears a dog collar while singing about William Howard Taft? Why,…
