At the age of 19, just after writing her debut hit play A Taste of Honey, Shelagh Delaney appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, smiling coyly and holding the smoldering butt of a cigarette. Twenty-nine years later in 1987, Delaney’s mug would grace another cover – this…
Besides sounding retro, naming your band after the Great Format War of the 1980s has got to have some relevance. As Americans, we feel the need to make definitive choices everyday. The winner of these decisions will become absolute, while the loser will become completely forgotten in a few years…
A bizarre artist is exhibiting her works at an equally strange art gallery today. Pachy Sarmiento, a local graphic designer, approximately combines the aesthetics of Pop Art, Hello Kitty, and pillow making. Her creations are stuffed animals with cartoon faces and Cheezit-shaped torsos. They repose neatly on couches and often…
South Floridians don’t always care about mysteries. For instance, our public servants have an ingenious knack for making money vanish, but no one seems interested. So it’ll be refreshing when citizens congregate for ClueLess on Las Olas (Las Olas Blvd. and SE Ninth Ave., Fort Lauderdale), a party/interactive mystery based…
Three years ago, Sweat Records was struggling. Located further south on Second Avenue than they are today, the store was trying to anchor a fledgling business district that never fully took flight. Then Hurricane Wilma came in October and washed those dreams away. What’s an up-and-coming indie record store to…
You probably didn’t know Willet’s Point, Queens, was the chop shop capital of the world, so here’s some advice: Don’t park your Pontiac at Shea Stadium unless you prefer four hubcap-less tires, a missing fender, and no rearview mirrors. Likely, 12-year-old Ale (Alejandro Polanco) hocked your hood ornament for a…
Spending time inside a deteriorating mind can be sort of fun: If you start to forget simple things, like how to put on clothes or use the toilet, you’ll at least get some much needed humor out of it. On the other hand, whatever fleeting moments of coherence you have…
Do you know what lesbians love? Catholicism! No. That’s probably a lie, unless you count Camille Paglia. Try again: Do you know what Andrea Dworkin hates? Heaven! Yes, she does. Because contrary to what the poor Dwork’ thought she discovered while being beaten with big wooden planks and burned with…
Last January, a special kind of memorial concert was held at Club Cinema in honor of Fort Lauderdale resident Sheila Witkin. Witkin passed away at 66, but she left a legacy as the godmother of South Florida rock ΄n’ roll – a manager, agent, and friend to many of the…
Catch the Florida Marlins on select Saturday home games and stick around for a free concert following the game. Plus, pregame at The Gate H Strike Zone, enjoy an enhanced presentation, and receive free parking for thefirst 5,000 fans. April 19 – Hansel y Raul Reunion May 3 – El…
For some, today is the greatest holiday of the year. I’m not talking about insane neo-Nazis celebrating the birth of the most wretched and despised man in history. I’m talking about everyone’s favorite longhaired, hacky-sack-playing segment of society that subscribes to that other Times magazine (the one with sticky green…
Alan Browne was not a beatnik, so far as I know, but Robert Hooker is. And it’s not just the goatee — it’s the way Mr. Hooker’s Sol Theatre Project can occasionally spit in the face of its own limitations and blast off to Elsewhere. This doesn’t happen all the…
The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a far more manageable affair than its neighbor in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale’s big festival runs more than a month, dragging in a gazillion theaters and any good, decent, or even just quirky movie it can lay hands on. PFIFF runs just eight days…
Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that’s not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro’s directorial bow — one of those Sundance premieres starring famous people slumming it in dingy Indieland — the smart people ain’t doing much…
It’s nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the screenshots, writing it off as yet another one of those grimy, violent games so plentiful that they’re almost their own category: the “Bloodletting in Brown Clothes on a Cloudy…
Zombies have always been the coolest of the undead — the lumbering, rotting hordes might be slow, but they make up for it with tenacity and pluck. Try to take one down and chances are he’ll be back up again before you know it. And don’t even start with zombies…
Got a yen for the furries? Broward Ferret Rescue is holding an adoption day where you can get your hands on the tubular critters Saturday April 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An appointment is necessary and location is TBD, so call 954-977-4583. Sat., April 12, 10 a.m., 2008…
Is it so wrong to love hook-inflected pop, delivered with a sideways glance and a you’re-in-on-it smirk? We think not. Spoon delivers on this promise with a plate of masterfully crafted tunes that leave you humming even after they end. The Austin/Portland based band has been pleasing listeners in this…
He is arguably the person most responsible for the end of the cold war. He was the last man to preside over the Soviet Union, helped end the political supremacy of the Communist Party, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But if your knowledge of the Eastern Bloc consists…
Science is under attack. From wide-release films like What the Bleep Do We Know!? to a public force-feeding of Intelligent Design prattle, popular culture and religious groups ache to chip away at its fundamental principles. What science needs now more than ever is a cheerleader, an academic so intricately familiar…
Of all the ill-fated pilots out there, Aquaman probably towed the most dark clouds behind it. Even though the show was doomed from the get-go (Aquaman is quite possibly the worst superhero ever created), it did have a couple good things going on. For one, fans of the show’s pilot…
For those unfamiliar with the Starting Line, you might want some basic background material to help you get acquainted before attending Monday’s show at Revolution. First, if you fill your closet with surfery, skatery-inspired apparel from Pac-Sun, you’ll probably like it. Second, if you like oddly perky and upbeat songs…
