Flickr/Great BeyondEditor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book. In his column, he writes about his life and times. Among many other things, my twin six-year-olds sons think I am Manu Ginobili when the Spurs play…
By John Payne The obstacles facing a “man” or a “woman” who has made the decision to switch sexes are huge. Consider, then, how tough — and how liberating — the process of becoming a woman has been for a musical star negotiating the ruff, tuff, macho world of hardcore…
SheaEditor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. In his new column, he writes about his life and times. By Shea Serrano Right now, Pitbull’s “Timber,” featuring Ke$ha, is number two on Billboard and number one on…
Shea Note: in his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times. Dear 2013, Oh, man. So you’re officially over. That’s kind of sad. You were mostly a very dope year — at least for me, anyway, and truth be told, that’s all…
Listen up, people. Grab your beverage of choice or the stinky, sticky thing you enjoy puffing on, put the volume up, and get ready to judge. They say the album’s dead, but there’s no real proof — no bloody vinyl LPs or strangled cassettes (non-cassingles, of course) lying around with…
All illustrations by me. I’m Shea. [Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano This game is very simple: Look at the pictures and guess what Kanye West song each one represents. Boom. That’s it. That’s…
[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano Song: Eminem’s “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna History: Eminem did a freestyle battle. He went up against Papa Doc and choked. It was pretty sad. Then some more sad…
Miami New Times has an immediate opening for an editorial assistant. This entry-level position is perfect for an organized self-starter who derives satisfaction from handling multiple tasks and working independently on long-term projects. Ideal candidates will have a college degree; excellent organizational and communication skills; computer, grammar and math proficiency;…
By Adam Katzman While the debate over selling art to save Detroit from bankruptcy rages, Danny Brown’s music continues to pose the question of whether doing what you had to do to survive in a city with such deep infrastructural damage can even be alleviated by artistic output. His new…
[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning scribe and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano Here’s what you need to know about Robert Sylvester Kelly: He’s the fucking best. At singing. At wearing masks. At making videos of himself having sex. All of…
Courtesy of UniversalSheaface [Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning scribe and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano The biggest concern in my life recently is that every show on my DVR is the regular definition version, rather than the high definition version…
From the Shangri La art Tell this guy about the death of the album. By Michael Corcoran “The album is dying in front of our very eyes,” Variety columnist and music business know-it-all Bob Lefsetz wrote recently based on weak LP sales, including Katy Perry’s Prism, which sold only about…
How many books could you read in 30 years? Five hundred? Three thousand? Could you break into the six figures? No matter your estimate, Miami Book Fair International likely has you beat. In its three-decade run, MBFI has featured about 7,500 authors promoting countless books — and that’s just in…
One Direction[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning scribe and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano Last week, I wrote about why One Direction’s “This Is My Story” sucks. Usually, whenever one of these pieces goes up (and they go up often), I…
Courtesy of Columbia/SycoZayn and the crew[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] Song: One Direction’s “Story of My Life” History: A long time ago, there were barber shop quartets and then after that the New Kids on the…
By Monica McGivern Bands living on the edge from little sleep to partying non-stop, is nothing new. Add in a hectic touring schedule, and the potential for danger heightens. Yesterday morning, we received some sad-glad news about Jacuzzi Boys Hardly Art label-mates, La Luz. After living through one of “probably…
[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] History: Katy Perry was born in 1984, except back then people called her “Katy Hudson” because that’s her real name. In 2001, she was like, “You know what? I’m gonna release…
flickr.com/suzijaneNot me and not someone I dated, but it may as well have been[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] I went running the other morning. I used to run all the time. I was in shape, and…
Jessie Ware popped up in the UK scene around 2010 as the lead vocal on SBTRKT’s club tune “Nervous.” The track was a pure London dancefloor anthem, with Ware assigned to club songstress duties. She resurfaced as a guest vocalist here and there for the next couple of years with…
TLC/Courtesy of VH1[Editor’s note: In his new column, award-winning goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times. Better put on your shoes, because your socks are about to be blown off.] By Shea Serrano On Monday night, I watched the movie about TLC, the most important all-girl rap group…
Courtesy of X Rated Mud RunCan you conquer the G-String Crawl? Dare you enter the Dominatrix Dungeon? Will you slide into the Honey Tunnel or tackle the Blue Balls Dash? Don’t worry — you didn’t fall asleep in front of the phone sex infomercials again. These are just a few…
A long time ago, in his college years, Chevy Chase sat in a few times as a drummer in a band called Leather Canary. He later described the ensemble as “a bad jazz band.” Whether the other members of this group completely agree with that assessment is unknown. What is…
