At Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery’s second anniversary, there will be a moment of communion with life’s splendor. Hundreds of monarch butterflies will scatter from the showcase windows. This artistic expression can only be symbolic of a larger situation. The existence of this gallery, which exhibits only three-dimensional works, is…
Given the typical work-to-sleep ratio in this culture, most of us are familiar with our inner zombie. Usually we attack it with coffee and yell at it when it spills the piping-hot weapon on our shirt when we’re trying to drag it out the door. It’s rare that we take…
For the tenth straight year, a boatload of hippies will be getting high as balls on the high seas aboard Jam Cruise. That is, as long as the bully authorities don’t ambush the scene and gank their stashes like they did last year. This year’s lineup is looking pretty good,…
SunFest Day 3: Gregg Allman West Palm Beach WaterfrontFriday, April 29, 2011 Friday at SunFest wrapped up with a mellow set from the legendary Allman Brothers frontman Gregg Allman. The weather was cloudy and rather cool compared to the heat of the day, and the music matched. Allman seemed a…
In his nearly two decades in the spotlight, scruffy country hunk Tim McGraw has done pretty well for himself. Nearly everything he releases tops the charts, his fan base dwarfs Dolly Parton’s gazongas, he’s been awarded heavily for his musical efforts, he’s one of the world’s “sexiest men,” and he…
When Sublime leader Bradley Nowell tragically passed in 1996, a new generation of reggae music was just germinating. Now, 15 years later, the seeds have matured into a field of sun-drenched, sticky-icky, party-happy bands based mostly in Southern California and Hawaii. “Bradley was like the Elvis of reggae,” says Ron…
Robert Plant and the Band of Joy Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Thursday, April 14, 2011 While some ’70s rockers are on the county fair circuit doing their best impersonations of their ’70s selves (who were then doing impersonations of Robert Plant), Robert Plant is still evolving. As the gold fades…
With the onset of spring, our equator-neighboring hometown has begun heating up rapidly, and it would be nice of us to take a moment to allow that warmth into our hearts — as well as our parked cars. Sunday, Indie Craft Bazaar takes over the charming Cinema Paradiso (501 SE…
Indeed, as the old axiom goes, “There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.” There are lots of recordings of those special nights when Garcia and company channeled the mysterious cosmos of the Grateful Dead experience to the swirling delight of the colorful, crowd portion — the Deadheads. For the…
Furthur Mizner Park Amphitheater April 6, 2011 Mizner Amphitheater could not handle the volume of Deadheads down to rock out with Furthur on Wednesday night, so a lively ring of dancing hippie types surrounded the venue, partying in the street. Though they were deprived of the nice view of Bob…
The Pauses April 2, 2011 Laser Wolf, Fort LauderdaleIt was a lovely night to be outdoors on Saturday — especially if you happened to be standing around mingling amid the sizable and cheery crowd in Laser Wolf’s pristine and elegant courtyard. The grass is lush, the bushes carefully manicured, and…
Among the comedians performing at “Funny Business” is Kirkland Meadows, who may dedicate his performance tonight to his grandmother, who is somewhere looking down on him — not because she’s dead but because she’s arrogant. Ba dum tsh (his joke). See, “Funny Business,” will be a not-at all-serious but substantial…
South Florida is a healthy place for reggae, both in that it produces lots of quality homegrown music and that it attracts big-name acts from across the globe. The upcoming Lake Worth Reggae Festival offers a nice slice of both aspects of the scene. Leading the global acts are the…
The People Upstairs have gained momentum as a band since they formed almost ten years ago at Atlantic High School in Delray. The members were all part of the drum line and decided to take their rhythmic activity from the football field to the garage just for fun. Since then,…
The “furthur” mentality was brought into this world by a group of young California freaks back in the mid-’60s called the Merry Pranksters. The idea was to always go further: further into the deep mystery of their own consciousness, further into each other’s lives, and further down the roads of…
For the past couple of years, Bobby Yapkowitz has been writing songs that have a traditional country feel. Think Gram Parsons, not Toby Keith. This past November, Yapkowitz and a few friends, including tattoo shop and Eulogy Recordings magnate John Wylie, decided that they could add something to the tunes…
Kiss Hard Rock Live, Hollywood March 17, 2011Last night, most people were donning their greenest green garb and getting sloshed on Guinness while jigging it up at their favorite local pub. But in South Florida, a few thousand epic nerds were instead at the Hard Rock Live, decked out in black and…
Rebelution Revolution, Fort Lauderdale March 16, 2011 Surf scene reggae bands always do well in South Florida, and that statement is especially true for the month of March, aka “Spring Break!”. For the sold-out show, a line wrapped around the building for will call tickets. Rebelution, the headliner of the…
Though Murs got his start in L.A. in the early ’90s, his message has always been anti-gangster, thumbing his nose at the violent outlook of gangsta rap over beats that are just as infectious. His delivery is strong, clear, and honest — whether he’s making social commentary about race and…
Kiss us; we’re Irish. St. Patrick’s Day’s creepy little green guy will be overshadowed by larger, possibly more satanic, man-monsters this year when Kiss brings its “Hottest Show on Earth Tour” to the Seminole Hard Rock on March 17 — one of only two scheduled North American appearances for 2011…
G. Love & Special Sauce Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale March 13, 2011 The party spirit was thick in the air Sunday night, as it always is when G. Love comes to town. His timing this year was especially fortunate, though. Spring break 2011 is in full swing down here, and…
Fans of Dave Matthews know Tim Reynolds as the quiet guy who has occasionally flanked Dave over the years and blows minds each time with his masterful guitar work. Reynolds used to perform a lot at a Virginia bar where Matthews worked, and he encouraged the young man to start…
