Slightly Stoopid is da kind band, brah! TUE 5/3 California’s Slightly Stoopid pulls influences that read like most seasoned potheads’ record collections. There are hefty pinches of ska, punk, reggae, roots, acoustic rock, and hip-hop in between some of the shake and seeds — i.e., that Frampton Comes Alive album…
Ladies salute their shorts at the film festival SAT 4/30 The Broward arm of the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival features a collection of short-and-sweet flicks by women filmmakers during a screening called What Girls Like. Without the filler that plagues the usual 90-minute movie, these films go straight…
The art of Timmy Tatts SAT 4/16 Even when he was 6 years old, Timmy Tatts (a.k.a. Tim Sellers) was scribbling cartoons and caricatures on notebooks and blackboards — to the dismay of many uptight teachers. Now, Timmy spends the days putting ink to skin as a tattoo artist; in…
The iconography of an icon THU 3/10 Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Another acid flashback? Not quite. It’s the art of Peter Max, which has come to define the generation of free love, flower power, and psychedelic expression. Though he might…
The 20-year-old Southern rock wrecking ball called Antiseen is one of America’s longest-standing punk rock bands. Its crowd-bashing, whisky-guzzling lead singer, Jeff Clayton, is a man you’d run from in a dark alley (or even a well-lit bar). Arguably even more intimidating is the fact that Clayton filled in as…
You love to hate ’em or you hate to love ’em — the glam-metal peacocks of Mötley Crüe were the ’80s most infamous musical hedonists. If you’re like us, you’ve been dying for the fornicating foursome to tease their tresses, stuff their jeans, and hit the road one more time…
Underwood likes Bush THU 2/17 Statistically speaking, a black female Republican is a rarity. Even more so, a funny black Republican woman sounds impossible. Think Condoleezza Rice, with her creepy frown-like smile. But funny black Republican woman is exactly how most describe comedienne Sheryl Underwood, who has been making the…
Quiet Waters Park gets medieval on your ass SAT 2/12 Native south Floridians are accustomed to determining the seasons by the migration patterns of tourists. For example, when we see cars with their headlights on during the daytime, we know it’s the December arrival of the Canadian snowbirds. When Las…
Ten of them! FRI 2/11 Playwright Ronnie Larsen certainly knows how to get our attention. He called his first play Ten Naked Men. He followed that with Making Porn. Then came All-Male Peep Show. You get the point. Is he smart? Or merely lazy? On www.bringdown.com, where people can make…
When it comes to music, booze is the muse. Rockers love their whiskey, ravers get hopped up on Red Bull and vodka, and broken-hearted country boys shed tears in their beers. But what do jug band fans guzzle while slapping their knees? Tuesday at the Bamboo Room, the answer is…
As Respectable Street Café celebrates 17 years of existence this month, those of you who were there in the beginning are probably feeling the strains of adulthood and are grateful for the club’s forgiving darkness. One positive thing about age is developing an ear for good music, and Friday you’ll…
During a recent CD-release party for glitch punk Otto Von Schirach in Miami, a crazy-looking couple stands out from the crowd, seeming as if they just left the Greyhound bus station and happened to wander into the club on a whim. He’s clad in a neon-splashed track suit and fishnet…
[The author plays bass for the Heatseekers.] It’s not every day that a band makes it out of Fort Lauderdale. This is for many reasons other than the obvious: It takes a good ten hours just to drive out of the state. On Friday, July 16, almost two months after…
At Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor in Dania Beach, sunburned kids sit with cones that drip thick, creamy goo between their fingers, and moms and dads scarf down hot dogs. Waiters serve diners kitchen sinks filled with ice cream and topped with sparklers. A siren goes off when they’re delivered to…
The scene at downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Poor House on any given Friday or Saturday night is familiar. Young men and women pile into the club’s close quarters to hear the band and unwind. People sit at the bar and swap stories while a handful of tipsy patrons spills out into…
Jan and Dean are officially heading around Dead Man’s Curve for good this time. Surf music, which was once the celebrated soundtrack to Frankie and Annette’s beach-blanket skinfests, is lost on this generation. Let’s face it: The elastic is all worn out on the bathing suits, skin cancer has taken…
Now that the party is over and you’re stuck trying to get that damn vodka-and-cranberry-juice stain out of your carpet, it’s time to reflect on the single woman’s favorite page-turner, Sex and the City. Yes, before it was the biggest hit on cable television, it was a best-selling book by…
Does country music make you feel like crying into your Bud and wishing for the return of June Carter Cash? Or maybe big, bad Johnny? Well, screw that wistful crap. Lucinda Williams is on her way. On her latest release, World Without Tears, she sings like an evangelical preacher bringing…
When Poison infected music in 1986, heavy-metal bands ruled the earth, leaving us in a hairspray hangover. At the top of the metal heap stood Bret Michaels, lead singer of glam poster boys Poison, a band able to get every schoolgirl who pledged her allegiance to metal sent straight to…
Life on the road can be a lonely existence. The nameless faces, questionable hotel rooms, miles of nondescript terrain, and countless one-night stands can all lead a band to break down. So what if you could bring all the comforts of home along with you, including your soul mate? This…
If you think Vampire Lesbians of Sodom means it’s ladies night at the local goth club, then maybe it’s time for some culture. Lucky for you, the Sol Theatre has just what you’re looking for. As one of the longest-running off-Broadway plays in history, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom lives on…
