This weekend, thousands of Florida’s finest fanboys and girls (many dressed in their cosplay best) will venture out to the premier festival for South Florida geekdom: the comic book/B-movie/anime/cosplay convention Supercon 2009. Surrounded by the madness will be horror and B-movie icon Bruce Campbell, infamous as the hero Ash from…
Just saying the word “trump,” conjures up an immense amount of imagery, positive and negative. The name has become so synonymous with everything from buildings to beauty pageants that it’s easy to be cynical about its brand power. Last month several cutting edge artists had the chance to express their…
Why be in a punk band in South Florida? “Why Not?” answers Robb Erwin, a member of the local thrash outfit the Dirty Boxes. “You always hear stories about how you should have been there, in New York or Detroit, but there are a lot of people that are talking…
Zombies don’t have a lot of special talents. Sure, they do seem to have a good sense of smell (how else could they sniff out all those fresh brains hidden behind locked and boarded basement doors?). The undead are also good at eating people, owing to a knack for cracking…
If you’re unfamiliar with the shoegaze genre, well you’re probably not alone. The movement peaked and pretty much ended in the early 1990s when most young kids were still listening to Nirvana’s Nevermind. Despite its underground fan base, pioneers of the sound like My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary…
If you’ve seen any of the great, African-American comedies of the past few decades, chances are you’ve seen John Witherspoon show up in at least one. He seems to be the go-to guy to play the stereotypical old and cranky black dad. Whether he’s trying to “coordinate” his mushroom pants…
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens have always been a great place to bring a date. The quiet walkways, shimmering waterfalls, and manicured Bonsai trees form a romantic atmosphere unlike anything else in South Florida. So it’s safe to say if you’re a single geek like the rest of us,…
When you visit the website shotgunparty.com, you’ll find a product that punctures the bottom of beer cans to allow maximum drinkage. It’s fitting that the band Shotgun Party can probably give you just as much of a buzz, without all that pesky projectile vomiting. When you visit their site, cleverly…
You have to wonder who would have the balls to be in a rockabilly band nowadays, especially in South Florida. Not only do you have to play your heart out, but you also have to lug around that giant ass upright bass in the hot sun on a daily basis…
When you hear the description “one-man band,” you may conjure up images of an artist on the street corner dressed in an obnoxious suit and top hat. He’s got a guitar in one hand, a giant bass drum strapped to his back, a harmonica dangling from his chin, and a…
When you visit Eddie Griffin’s official website (www.eddiegriffin.tv), you’ll be hard pressed to find anything really helpful or current. In fact the last update promotes Griffin in his “next” big screen role, 2005’s Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. There’s no mention of his work in the Razzie nominated Norbit, let alone…
When the Grindhouse flicks of the 1970s morphed into direct-to-video releases in the ΄80s, some of their charm was lost. Instead of the musky theater filled with rickety seats and sticky floors, movie buffs were able to enjoy their campy delights on their own smelly couch. Now with the digital…
The French philosopher Descartes once argued that life may all just be a dream we haven’t woken from yet. If that was true, then wouldn’t it be more of a nightmare? Is our idea of a dream sitting in I-95 traffic or working a nine-to-five job? Maybe our dreams just…
When The Strokes kicked off the decade with one of the best selling garage records in years, it not only fueled the indie-rock revolution, it created a deluge of new acts. Strangely enough, a high percentage of these acts were titled “The [insert noun]” or “The [insert verb].” Despite the…
Being an adult and getting grown-up gifts can make for a pretty boring Christmas. No longer do you wake up in frenzied anticipation at the crack of dawn. But fear not, apathetic man-children. Pink Ghost has been selling hip toys and saving X-mas for adults for the last two years…
Despite being active in the underground scene for over a decade, Of Montreal is best known for selling one of their songs to Outback Steakhouse. For years, every time you turned on the TV or radio, you could hear “Let’s Go Outback Tonight” played ad nauseam. These one-time darlings of…
They say there is a great story behind every great band, and The Pink Spiders founding member, Matt Friction, definitely has one to tell after a year full of chaos and calamity. Upon building a decent radio buzz, the original three-piece from Nashville lost everything when their tour bus caught…
Florida’s sunny weather and blue skies don’t really correlate with Edgar Allen Poe’s gloomy writing. Yet Florida continues to produce a consistent source of dark artists, be it the retired death metal scene of Tampa, or the Neo-Goth acts of Miami. The sunshine isn’t brightening these corners any time soon…
Being a hardcore gamer is not the best hobby for folks looking to improve their social skills. Spending hours on the couch with a controller in hand and headset strapped may be nirvana to some, but whether it really increases your human interaction experience points is highly debatable. That’s part…
Conspiracies about smog, government cover-ups, and underaged gymnasts floated over this past summer’s Olympics. But most seem to agree that the games were a success for China, and not only for China’s dominant athletes but also for the artistic wonder of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Olympics widened the…
Picture a typical movie producer: You may think of someone behind the scenes in a stuffy business suit. In the music industry, it’s the exact opposite. In the past few decades, record producers have become almost as well known as the artists themselves, sharing the stage with top acts across…
If you’ve seen any of the great, African-American comedies of the past few decades, chances are you’ve seen John Witherspoon show up in at least one. He seems to be the go-to guy to play the stereotypical old and cranky black dad. Whether he’s trying to “coordinate” his mushroom pants…
