Pittsburgh native Gregg Gillis, AKA Girl Talk, is known for massaging songs you’ve probably already heard into his own original dance-tastic creations. Besides putting on crazy live performances, complete with sweaty hair, toilet paper cannons, and the occasional broken computer, Gillis is, interestingly, also a biomedical engineer.The laptop genius will…
Every year, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami gives out $23 million in grants to area arts nonprofits and privately owned companies through its Knights Arts Challenge. This year they instituted a new award, the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award worth $20,000. The latter was…
Remember in 2009 when a Colorado man named Richard Heene reported that his six-year-old son had accidentally been carried off in his homemade air balloon, but it was deemed a hoax? See also: “Balloon Boy” Family Resurfaces in Florida; The Heene Boyz Being Promoted as “The World’s Youngest Metal Band”…
The powers that be really knew what they were doing when they decided to coordinate Art Basel with finals week. The result was a perfect storm of deadlines and distractions that few who engaged in both walked out of alive. Kudos, Satan. You win again.Though hell week is over, there…
It’s been more than a minute since we heard from West Palm’s Surfer Blood. And we have to admit, we missed them. It’s true. Once their prank calls to the New Times stopped, it’s like the phones haven’t rung since. See also- Surfer Blood, Back from Cali, Discusses New Album- Surfer…
Traci Cloyd works double duty. To HOT 105 FM listeners, she is a bright, effervescent, and straight-talking radio personality who adds local flavor to the Tom Joyner syndicated morning program. However she’s also adept at working behind the scenes as the station’s news director, which literally puts her on call…
In an unexpected open letter from the Mosaic Theatre’s executive and artistic director, Richard Jay Simon, he not only resigned from his position, but also announced the closing of the theater. In his open letter, Simon makes it clear that he is resigning purely for personal reasons. He and his wife are…
Better Than: Any American Idol performance. Ever. Over the past few years, Aerosmith has been the focus of some rather mixed media attention, generally fueled by lead singer Steven Tyler’s assorted (and very public) antics which have, at times, nearly spelled the death of the band. However, it is the same…
Photo by Victor Gonzalez Rakim The Stage Miami Friday, December 7 Better Than: Getting Paid in Increments. It had been a long time since Rakim rolled through our hood prior to last night’s performance at The Stage…
Y100’s Jingle Ball 2012 with Justin Bieber, Megan and Liz, Zedd, Ed Sheeran, OneRepublic, Karmin, Enrique Iglesias, Austin Mahone, Psy, Cher Lloyd, Neon Trees, Ke$ha, Afrojack, and Flo RidaBB&T Center, SunriseSaturday, December 8, 2012Better Than: An 8×8 cell of screaming Bieberlites.Miami might have been abuzz with everything Art Basel on…
Blame Bob Dylan. Just as the former Robert Zimmerman ushered in an era where rock stars wrote their own songs, Dylan’s 2004 memoir Chronicles: Volume 1 brought us to this era where rock stars write their own books. After Dylan’s tome Keith Richards’ Life hit the bestsellers list and the…
Four West Palm and Lake Worth bands with very different sounds came together to show off their sonic prowess to a room of eager spectators at a badass show at Lake Worth’s Propaganda this weekend. First up was West Palm’s D.V.N.O., a band whose indie dance vibe gets the crowd warmed up…
There’s the long-running argument that punk rock begat metal music and that’s an argument mostly posited by knuckleheaded punks. The roots of metal can be traced back to groups like Blue Cheer the same way punk rock can be traced back to Question Mark & the Mysterians. In the end,…
“Where’s Thurston Moore?” This is the question we’ve been asking each other since the Sonic Youth frontman and South Florida native was first spotted at nontraditional art spaces around town this Art Basel. See also- Thurston Moore and KURT During Art Basel 2012- Jellyfish Brothers’ Janette Valentine: “I Like Slapping Wigs, Sailor…
Photo by Ian WitlenThurston Moore reading a poem “with Kurt in mind.”No one wrote “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the wall. Still, the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts reeked, ever-so-slightly and not-so-literally, of sweaty punk armpits, greasy faded flannel, and the sweet stink of…
The Clematis by Night stage was moved and expanded last night to make room for The Voice’s Cassadee Pope’s return to her West Palm Beach home. The city’s weekly setup is normally by the fountains on Clematis, but for Pope, it was pushed all the way back to the waterfront…
When True Love’s Adam Facenda opened a second tattoo shop so close to his original store, it was a big gamble. “I took a real chance in opening this place,” Facenda admits. “I signed the lease, and then a couple of days later there was the announcement that the stock…
There are some acts though that you don’t want to pooh-pooh. Tonight for example, the Ad Hoc and Self-Titled Churchill’s show—including performances from Tampa’s Merchandise, West Palm’s the Band of Heaven, Miami’s Lil Daggers and Teepee,– is high on our list of must-dos. Little Haiti will provide haven from art collectors. Merchandise…
Lately, it seems that SoFla’s rap community is experiencing a renaissance. From Spaceghostpurrp to Robb Bank$, as Miami continues to grow, it’s also managed to maintain a healthy hip-hop scene. One of the most talented rappers in Miami (and the rap game in general) is Denzel Aquarius Killa Curry. See also- Raider…
The world cannot possibly end fast enough. If we have to see Rihanna smoke one more blunt, listen to one more “Call Me Maybe” spin-off, or spend another minute contemplating how long Justin Bieber lasts in the sack, well, we’re going to pretend like 2012 never happened. Which, actually, is what we’re…
“Stank pussy smellin’ like Cool Ranch Doritos!” That’s what all the hip cats were screaming at Bardot last night, ’cause Danny Brown was in the spot tearin’ it up on the carpet, among the people. The weed was in the air and the streets were representing for an intimate set…
The Chez Deep drag showcase at Villa 221 last night demonstrated that shaven eyebrows are actually a good fashion move. The small backroom, where ambiguously gendered performers threw themselves on the floor, climbed speakers, spit out fake blood, and smooched those in the front row, was packed with gays and…
