I was up all Thursday night worrying about Chris Brown. No one but Rihanna and Karrueche know what that feels like. He’d just wrapped up the kickoff of his Between the Sheets tour with Trey Songz and Tyga at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. But what kept me awake was…
It was fitting that John Waters performed his one-man show, This Filthy World: Filthier and Dirtier, at the inaugural horror-focused Shock Pop Comic Con in Fort Lauderdale. And on Valentine’s Day. The obvious was the ironic pairing of very unsexy sex jokes being told to a crowd of horror movie…
In 2007, the legendary “Pope of Filth” curated a masterpiece with his mi tape A Date With John Waters. It features such amorous tunes as Mink Stole’s “Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun” and Josie Cotton’s “Johnny Are You Queer?” Given that the director, artist, writer, comedic genius, and…
For the past seven years, the Live Nation outdoor venue in Western West Palm Beach was called Cruzan Amphitheatre. And just when we finally got used to the new name, they’ve gone and changed it back to its original name: Coral Sky Amphitheatre. The place opened in 1996 and holds…
Author Phillip Crandall made his way into the Swap Shop last Saturday at 6 a.m. It was still dark outside and humid as he set up a table in his little rented area. Even at the crack of dawn, there was a long line of people down Sunrise Boulevard. When…
Musicians Pino and Taylor M. Cohen are a legitimately cool pair. Though each is separately involved in different sorts of musical endeavors, the two young women come together with other exciting musical acts to raise arts awareness in Fort Lauderdale. They’re doing these good deeds through different projects that unite…
If you read our article “You Think You Know T.I., But You Have No Idea” this week, you learned how dang cool T.I. is — how he’s a published author, acclaimed actor, and even how he saved two dudes from killing themselves, even Scott Stapp (thus saving Creed, but whatever)…
Every year since 1971, with Pazz and Jop, our sister paper the Village Voice has polled music nerds worldwide to determine which were the best albums released the year prior. In 2014, most of us came together in agreement that D’Angelo’s Black Messiah — which just snuck in before the…
Oh, man. We hate delivering bad news. But sometimes, there’s no way around it. We just got word that this year’s Coastline Music Festival is being canceled. The new fest that featured craft beers and food trucks received our Best Local Music Festival in 2014. But Pompano Beach Amphitheatre will…
Big Guava Music Festival is probably going to make Tampa cool. Like really cool. Last year, they brought the return of Outkast to the state and this year’s lineup is looking all kinds of stellar. And along with the music, there’ll be plenty of craft brews and “thrill rides” to…
Last year, when we talked to the president of the Broward Folk Club, Arlene Boumel, she insisted that South Florida has a very vibrant folk community. And it’s true. Though appropriate venues may seem less than abundant, it’s likely that you or your parents have catgut a folk act playing…
For the past few years, off and on, a group of DJs has taken over the Mai-Kai bar to spin the most danceable songs off their favorite records. The last one in August was a real doozy that packed the house. This past Saturday night, they delivered again with a…
Last summer, one of the most risqué fashionistas in pop music, Elton John, told Sky News that if Jesus Christ were around today, he’d be down with gay marriage. “He was all about love and compassion… and that’s what the church should be about,” John reflected on J.C. And all…
Everything seemed quiet outside the courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale just before midnight. The only thing that hinted that there might be something monumental going on inside was the presence of about a dozen cops scattered around the entrance. In a huge waiting room on the third floor, about 300…
When you ask people who work in comedy or the arts what compels them to do so, they almost always answer with: “for the love of it.” Why else would you slog along in near-poverty, spending every spare cent on equipment or supplies, or drive absurd distances to perform at…
Kids’ guitarist Josiah Sampson suggested we meet for lunch at Fort Lauderdale’s restaurant for the young and hip, Tap 42. He’s well-coifed and dressed smartly in a fitted plaid shirt and jeans. His arms are covered in a web of colorful tattoos. One with thin, black, swirling lines seems to…
Each year, KISS Country 99.9 FM brings out the country in Broward County with its wild and weird Chili Cook-off. Not that that’s a terribly difficult feat; BroCo loves its cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats more than even its flip-flops and snapbacks. It is the most Southeast bastion of twang…
Every single day, we here at County Grind work really hard to compose articles that we think you’d like to read. And each year, what you want to click on is different. The posts you viewed most frequently in 2013 were definitely different that what you wanted to peruse in…
Enough with the Florida jokes, America. We get it. We come across as a little trashy on the internet. Yeah, we give our sexual predators $3 million lottery checks and occasionally store crack pipes in our butts. And sure, we have a perpetual hankering for some home-cooked meth and Colombia’s…
Orlando punk band the Golden Pelicans requires that the crowds at its shows pay close attention to their noggins. This past September, onstage at a rock gathering of the wildest sort — Gonerfest 11 in Memphis — frontman Erik Grincewicz shook two bottles of champagne, sprayed down the audience, and…
If wining to dancehall after stuffing yourself with fried conch is your idea of an irie way to spend a weekend, then you’re in luck. ONE Caribbean Music Festival is heading to Central Broward Regional Park this Saturday and Sunday, presenting an array of the foods and musical styles that…
As children ready themselves for the tinkling of Santa’s sleigh bells, tweens, their pop-obsessed older siblings, and crop-top-wearing parents are anticipating another kind of holiday sound: the upbeat jazziness of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” performed live. Jingle Ball is ringing its way into town again and bringing a slew of new…
