Hurricane Wilma may have been devastating for a lot of folks, but not for Jenni Foxx. See, on that 2005 day after it hit, she happened to have a scheduled DJ audition at the Clevelander. But there was no power. And a few hours later, when power was restored, Foxx…
Some people work at ambition while others are born to it. And then there are those who take the ambition they’re born with and work it till it gels into something successful. And each success spurs even more successes, until, well, their names become synonymous with the very word succeed…
That Gwen Stefani hasn’t become a caricature of herself is either testament to her utter savvy or to the fact that she basically began as a caricature in the first place — and beat everybody to the punch line. That’s not to say that, back in the day, No Doubt’s…
Not many DJs can boast a big-screen portrayal by Wilmer Valderrama. Then again, not many DJs can brag about surviving some of the most decadent nights of 1990s New York clubland either. But both are the case with DJ Keoki, who spun his way through nights so depraved that they…
Ian WitlenThe Crystal Method performing at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. Click here to view the full slideshow.The Crystal MethodThursday, May 14, 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Revenge of the NerdsWhen I spoke with The Crystal Method’s Ken Jordan last week, he assured me that when he and his cohort Scott…
If you’ve been anywhere at night over the past decade and a half, you’ve collided with Chris Graham, that dread-topped insider who seems to be everywhere at once. Back in the 1990s, he’d spin at any fest in town, including Zen and Ultra, and would often be among the core…
It’s been five years since the L.A.-based duo the Crystal Method unleashed its last album, the Grammy-nominated Legion of Boom. But don’t think for a moment that the cats have in any way been idle. “We were sort of busy doing other stuff,” says Ken Jordan, half of the group…
Ghostly International DJ Ryan Elliott is a busy head-spinner — in Berlin one weekend; Miami the next; all the world between. And on the odd occasion when the cat’s not on the road, he’s back in Dearborn, Michigan remixing and serving as co-A&R (with Matthew Dear) of Ghostly’s sister imprint,…
Ray LaMontagneApril 30, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter than: Hearing a gruff James Taylor front The Band in the early ’70s — had you never seen either James Taylor or The BandJohn HoodI’m gonna get a lot of flack for this, but here goes:Last night Ray…
Before the house turns totally to house music on Saturday nights in that downtown Miami megaclub known as Space, all kinds of other action is kicking throughout the joint. A lot of that action goes down out on the club’s infamous terrace, under the stars and in the shadow of…
Before the house turns totally to house music on Saturday nights in that downtown megaclub known as Space, all kinds of other action is kicking throughout the joint. A lot of that action goes down out on the club’s infamous terrace, under the stars and in the shadow of a…
John HoodTom Jones performs at the Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday night.Tom JonesSaturday, April 25, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: A time-capsule set to 1971Of all the many remarkable things to be said about seeing Tom Jones stage these days — and trust me, there are…
John HoodLiving ThingsWednesday, April 22, 2009Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: Any damn glam rock band you’ve ever heard up close and personal. First things first: Last night Living Things played in the wrong place at the wrong time. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I dig Culture Room. In fact, I’ve…
If you’ve danced to anything with a four – to – the – floor beat anytime over the last 25 years or so, you’ve done so because DJ Frankie Knuckles made it possible. Yes, from his stints at Chicago’s Warehouse (where the name of the music comes from, naturally), through…
Way back in the early ’90s, when MTV still actually played music, the network ran a series of sepia-toned, faux-infomercials featuring a fast-talking, wise-cracking, chain-smoking Beantown escapee named Denis Leary. Leary was pissed and he wanted you to know it – pissed about REM and the Save the World types;…
Whoever said models can’t cut it on the decks obviously never met model DJ La Trice. Featured in campaigns for Nicole Miller and Pantene, Ed Hardy and Converse, and found on the cover of such glam rags as Pasha Magazine, La Trice definitely has the kinda look folks want to…
She’s the queen of the darker scene,” promoter Notorious Nastie says of DJ Lady Anime, the copper-maned head spinner for some of the Black Magic City’s more shadowy evenings. Nastie and Lady Anime go back, all the way to Hialeah, in fact, where both self-dubbed “ghetto goths” grew to be…
These days, it’s no surprise to see a rock star rally ’round a worthy cause. Hell, Bono alone seems to make more news than all the NGOs working in Africa combined. And bands such as Pearl Jam, Green Day, and Bad Religion have been rocking the good fight for years…
Sunday afternoon on the Miami River. Skyscrapers glisten at a near distance, a whispering breeze sweeps in off a randy Biscayne Bay, and pleasure craft bob at arm’s length, seemingly to the beat of an electro anthem. The chatter is quick, the chatterers are giddy, and even in their seats,…
Yep, you read that correctly. The Gables-based branch of Books and Books is about to enter a world we thought gone with, well, the printing press. Yes, we mean vinyl. As in records, dig? And no, you haven’t lost your mind. And neither have they. It’s all part of a…
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This past November, Miami’s New World Symphony held its first miniconcerts at the Lincoln Theatre, and the sold-out crowd almost couldn’t believe its ears — or wallets. Works by Maurice Ravel, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber performed live, each for less than the price of a latte? Clearly our town’s…
