As a young adult, I slugged down many a Midori sour. When I finally realized Midori is actually kind of gross, I moved on to the more classy Amaretto sour. My best friend thought white Russians were the way to go. He always ended up barfing at the end of…
Jake Miller isn’t your traditional voice in rap. He’s a white kid from Weston who got his start on GarageBand and YouTube. The guy even goes to University of Miami. But Miller hit a nerve with the bazillion folks out there who want pop hip-hop with lyrics to which they…
The Florida Day of the Dead Celebration is definitely something to gawk at, but for all the right reasons. Located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the motto for the fourth annual event is “memory for the dead, party for the living.” And quite a party it is. The Dia de los…
Yeah, everyone’s horny on Halloween, dressed up like slutty turnips or sexual dachshunds. But, you’re all forgetting that this is a holiday centered around fear! Thankfully, the gory Fort Laudy film night Splatter-Rama promises they “are going to eat you” on October 31. And thank the gods of zombies for…
He didn’t start the fire, but he’ll make you feel a burn, a burning desire, even. The great Billy Joel, that is, for those born after 1995. He’s coming to light BB&T Center aflame on January 7, and you’ll be there, with your mama, your papa, and your cousin too…
Since the 1970s, Alice Cooper has been making bloody fantastic rock ‘n’ roll. Known for his shocking stage shows, the artist born Vincent Damon Furnier is now a little further along in years but still touring like crazy. Cooper lives in Arizona, where he enjoys playing a lot of golf…
Since the 1970s, Alice Cooper has been making bloody fantastic rock ‘n’ roll. Known for his shocking stage shows, the artist born Vincent Damon Furnier is now a little further along in years but still touring like crazy. Cooper lives in Arizona, where he enjoys playing a lot of golf…
Austin Mahone is a teenaged dreamboat. The perfectly adorable 17-year-old pop sensation went from YouTube cutie to VMA winner in almost record time. Signed to Cash Money Records, he was voted 2013’s “Artist to Watch” by the formerly musical channel and named the new Justin Bieber by everyone else. Mahone…
Remember all the varied cowboy hats and sandy boots of this past April’s Tortuga Music Festival? How the bikinis clung to sweaty bods and cozies hugged those LandShark brews so tightly! Even the mere memory of those two springtime days sends you into waves of beachy concert ecstasy. The fest…
Austin Mahone is a teenaged dreamboat. The perfectly adorable 17-year-old pop sensation went from YouTube cutie to VMA winner in almost record time. Signed to Cash Money Records, he was voted 2013’s “Artist to Watch” by the formerly musical channel and named the new Justin Bieber by everyone else. Mahone…
People, unite! Miley Cyrus is coming to Broward County, tongue wagging, with Robin Thicke in tow! And who do we have to thank for the future presence of this most controversial duo? Y100. That’s right, the Clear Channel radio station went (jingle) balls to wall this year, headlining its annual…
Each music festival has its “highlights.” The reason we describe the best moments this way is to make you feel like you missed out. You can’t have it all, and we want you to know that life is cruel. This past weekend at Wynwood’s inaugural III Points Festival, YACHT mastered…
Ian Witlen After sweating out last night’s booze in the oppressive Saturday afternoon sun for about 30 minutes, a few handfuls of III Points attendees were allowed into Bardot to see James Murphy speak. At first, there was a small crowd, but the room filled and anticipation built as we…
DAT Politics is “the weirdest band Poplife ever brought to Miami.” Or at least that’s what fellow electronic musician Otto Von Schirach said about his current houseguests. Now a duo, French dance party veterans Claude Pailliot and Gaëtan Collet were only in Miami for one day in 2007 for that…
Meaghan Gasch and Sarah Galvan are the Bows and Ties. When we met up with the multi-instrumentalist folk duo, each were adorned with at least one bow, but we didn’t notice too many ties between the two. The two songstresses hail from very different backgrounds, but both are music therapists…
The government shutdown has left many federal employees well-rested and ready to imbibe barrels of alcoholic beverages. The Washington Post even listed spots in the D.C. area where government IDs will score them cheap booze and other deals, and the list is long. One furloughed employee is just glad to…
Bar Stache opened its doors to the public for the first time this weekend for the benefit of Glam-A-THON. The Fort Lauderdale nonprofit promises to kiss breast cancer goodbye, and describes itself as: “a breast cancer charity raising money for women, not research, with style, sass, and fabulous heels.” They…
Do you believe in Cher after Cher? This “Half-Breed”-singing full on goddess may have retired a decade ago, but no one’s confused. We always want more. And the gay gods above have granted us the regift of Cher. She’s heading to BB&T Center next May on her Dressed to Kill…
If you are familiar with New Times, both the Miami and Broward-Palm Beach versions, you’ve seen numerous photographs taken by Fort Lauderdale native Ian Witlen. This past weekend in Vegas, Witlen — who also shoots for Rolling Stone, Spin, and just about the entire internet — took the most important…
Hey, as long as he’s got his suit and tie, Justin Timberlake can and will show you a few things. It was a little weird, though, that JT left the suggested suit of his signature song at home when he hit up Sun Life with Jay Z this past August…
For those who think rock ‘n’ roll is dead, we’d like to introduce the School of Rock. Yes, there are still people actively committed to making music with real instruments, to learning how to skillfully handle guitars, drums, tambourines. A Deerfield Beach apparel line, Tribut, cofounded by guitar hero Joe…
A few years ago, Lisa Lampanelli donated $50,000 to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. She gave the org one grand for each Westboro Baptist Church gay-hating protester that came out to her Topeka, Kansas show. In celebration, she had her crowd chanting: “We’re here, we’re queer, we take it in…
