Best Broward Dance Club 2012When Off the Hookah burst onto the scene in 2007, it quickly became a Las Olas favorite, especially on its Thursday ladies’ nights. The décor and outdoor lounge area, along with the free-flowing drinks for women, quickly brought in a female crowd to the riverfront location…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Building a scene in order to be heard.After our visit to Bonnaroo recently, we decided to spend a couple of days in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is our second home, of…
When you think of Bob Marley, you think reggae. When you think Madonna, you think old slutty pop. When you think of Bob Dylan, you think folk. But are you thinking correctly? Most of the time, not always though.Each genre and subgenre comes with its pioneers, its leaders, and its…
Matt Beck and Destiny Spang are, together, a musical-production powerhouse. As Boca-based Brotherly Love Productions, this couple takes its talent for business and its sharp ears for quality acts and is building a budding dynasty in the South Florida live music scene. Beck launched the jam-band-centric, full-service, live music production…
Though he was preaching peace and love, Ringo Starr may have offended some folks in 2008 when he announced his retirement from signing fan mail. “This is a serious message to everybody watching my update right now,” the former Beatle said in a video message. “I want to tell you,…
In 1972, Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” was named Billboard’s top R&B track. Today, it’s widely considered one of the most important American recordings, earning a top-100 spot on both Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list and the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. Yet despite its…
Before your first tribute tattoo, the only way to express how much you dug certain bands was writing their name in Wite-Out on your middle-school Jansport. Sandwiched somewhere between Nirvana’s happy face and a Smashing Pumpkins heart doodle, you lovingly scrawled three one-syllable words, proving you were a music connoisseur…
Review of the Tech N9ne show at Club Cinema.Before his epic concert last night at Club Cinema in Pompano, we jumped at the chance to chat with Strange Music mogul Tech N9ne about the Hostile Takeover Tour and his recent outspoken defense of hip-hop leading man Lil Wayne. Tech, born…
For the Miami New Times breakdown of the post-Marc Anthony aspects of the affair, click here.Yesterday, word on the email press release tip was that the gays would be out protesting President Obama’s appearance on South Beach (the actual South Beach, not the South Beach of ESPN). But when I…
View photos of Tech N9ne and Machine Gun Kelly at Club CinemaFull pre-show interview with Tech N9ne here. Read more about Mayday! and a Machine Gun Kelly at Revolution Live review.Hostile Takeover Tour 2012Featuring Strange Music artists Mayday!, Stevie Stone, Tech N9ne, and Machine Gun KellyClub CinemaJune 26, 2012Better Than: Madonna…
Nora Ephron, screenwriter, director, and essayist, who became the queen of romantic comedies with such films as Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally… died Tuesday night. She was 71. Nora Ephron was more than just a writer. She taught us about love. She made us believe “the one”…
Read our review of The Veldt. Following the news yesterday that the title track of Deadmau5’s newly released EP The Veldt was lyrically inspired by sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury, the Canadian rabbit-masked producer released a video that pays homage to the recently deceased novelist. Whereas the lyrics of the tracks are suitably…
The eleventh edition of PureHoney, the guide to all of South Florida’s musical shows and more, has hit stores, cafes, and the internet year you. You can grab it Radio-Active Records, or just about any place that’s actually cool, or, for the recluses, simply click here.Each month, Steve Rullman puts together…
It goes without saying that in South Florida harbors a diverse pool of immigrants. We are in a constant state of flux, with different ideas anchored in life outside our world intermingling with our own. Many Diasporic communities meet in our little tip of the US, usually with excellent results.Chilean-born…
This morning the beloved Spice Girls reunited in London’s West End to announce Viva Forever — a new musical based on the group’s hits. Written by Jennifer Saunders and produced by Judy Craymer (Mamma Mia!) the show will loosely cover the formation of the pop group and its Girl Power…
Much like on the day Kennedy was assassinated, people all over the world also remember where they were when the news dropped that Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, had passed away. So, OK, this is a drastic overstatement. But since it only happened three years ago today, you really…
Pitchfork.tv’s latest episode of “Selector” — a hip-hop freestyle show — features wordsmith Action Bronson taking to the streets in an ice cream truck. Riding around Brooklyn, the amusing rapper gives the scoop (couldn’t resist a cheesy ice cream pun) on upcoming projects and working as a professional chef. He…
Though Jackson Valiente, AKA Kreepy Tiki Jaksin, has been tattooing for over a decade, he reveals, “My first job as an artist was as a tiki carver.” Luckily for tattoo collectors, especially those fortunate enough to have a piece of this hellcat’s work on their flesh, the new millennium had…
Over the years, a fair share of music promoters have made their respective marks on the local music scene. While some have come and go, many others have soldiered on in thankless capacities. Their contributions have been at the forefront of making (or at least trying to make) South Florida…
Pool Party Teenage Weirdo (Mooster Records) moosterrecords.tk Well, summer is upon us yet again, and the unrelenting heat can be quelled only with a nervous mixture of pool partying necessities like booze, drugs, pools, sun, floaties, and rock ‘n’ roll. But of course, it would take those happening cats over…
There is no shortage of celebrity offspring doing stupid things on the internet. And it looks like 11-year old Willow Smith has just been added to that list. Today she and a friend shared a photo on Instagram showing off some questionable body piercings. Although the photo created quite a…
If you were at the Heat parade earlier today, you might have seen a moving sign that asked the question on all of our minds: “Where the fuck is DJ Laz?” Sure, he’s in L.A. these days, but well, he’s also about to be back in South Florida. That’s right,…
