Seattle-based blogger and photographer Marianne Spellman, who sometimes works with our sister paper Seattle Weekly, has been rooting through dusty old record bins here in South Florida and coming out with gold. On her blog Popthomology, she shared the post “31 Weird Album Covers From Florida Thrift/Record Stores,” proving, yet…
Lana Del Rey, the siren known more for her Saturday Night Live gaffe than her talent, has probably been looking for a way to distinguish herself to the point where people stop referring to her as “the siren known more for her Saturday Night Live gaffe than her talent.” To…
Imagine a big, loud family Christmas dinner, or Passover meal, or whatever. There are good and bad jokes, lots of laughter, calls for another beer, good music, and warm hugs. It’s a smooth sort of chaos, one filled with love. The Saturday night benefit for musician Lori O’Quinn was much…
The historic Cinema Paradiso movie house opened its doors to throngs of blood-thirsty horror buffs, freaks, and geeks for the first ever Splatter-Rama. This Sunday night monthly is hosted by Radio-Active Records and Blindspot Productions. And though this is a new event, the ghouls and ghosts of Fort Lauderdale turned…
Deadmau5 releases a new four-track EP, The Veldt, today via Ultra Music — the first in a series to be released, leading up to his fourth full-length record scheduled to arrive later in 2012. It’s already been a high-profile year for the acclaimed progressive-electro house producer. While well-established as the biggest…
You ever get all dancey in your kitchen? Everyone’s sweaty, their limbs are flailing about in awkward and sexy ways, and you think to yourself, “Man, I wish I a new Prince song that sounded like an old Prince song on my iPod,” before pressing play on “Erotic City?” Well,…
For a man whose career began innocuously enough, George Michael has managed to scale the heights of superstardom while also embroiling himself in enough controversy to last a lifetime. These were some of his own doing and some thrust upon him as a result of his success. George Michael was born…
Last summer, South Florida rapper Bleubird and Fake Four Inc. label mate K-The-I??? headed cross country in the “Freeebird”. At some point during the road warrior adventure, the two stopped in Denver to spend a week with friend and artist Sole . After a week of partying and good times,…
Revered South Florida musicians and Boise Bob and His Backyard Band members Dan Hosker and Lori O’Quinn (AKA Tex Merlot) were greatly affected by a car accident this past May. Hosker is a hugely admired and much-loved South Florida music veteran and his medical condition remains tenuous. O’Quinn also was greatly affected…
Norton Museum of Art Summer SOULstice CelebrationThe People Upstairs, Suenalo, Spam All-StarsCo-hosted by 97.9 WRMF “I just need my wine.” These are the words that bond new acquaintances for life. Or at least the length of time it takes while waiting in line for a glass of wine. This was…
It’s official: We absolutely adore the Jacob Jeffries Band. The South Florida piano pop-rock trio — think Ben Folds Five meets the Fray — has a knack for getting songs stuck in our head. But you’ll never hear us complaining about that. Plus, we can’t help but love the fact…
Joel DaSilva was born in Rockford, Illinois, the same town from which classic power pop rockers Cheap Trick hail. “They would practice down the street from where I was born,” says DaSilva, the self-described bluesabilly rocker. From Rockford, he made his way from Chicago to Florida, where at 15, he settled…
Born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper on June 22, 1953, Cyndi Lauper is best known as the kooky, squeaky-voiced singer with the multi-colored hair and a giddy onstage persona. Yet despite that flighty attitude, she made some serious impressions on the pop charts early on. In the mid ’80s she dominated…
Green Room’s weekly Black Friday event is letting those six feet under rise again on June 22, for the Dead Celebrity party. Partygoers are asked to dress as their favorite deceased musician, artist, or pop-culture icon, or hell, even a zombie, and dance the night away to the Goth anthems…
When the Manor announced its first speed-dating event, I was ecstatic. As a gay man, I’ve always had an infatuation with speed dating, so the idea of having a homo-friendly version was instantly appealing. “Relay Dating” is a gentler name for speed-dating. It brings to mind a sense of camaraderie and…
If you’re such a baby that you still sleep with the lights on and even SpongeBob gives you nightmares, then you’d be like me, too frightened to go to Splatter-Rama. This double feature of horror and gore just might make you poop your scaredy-pants. The premiere screening of the monthly event is…
You know you’re at a Star Trek party when the sign above the bathroom entrance reads “To boldly go where no man has gone before.” In case that’s not enough, the life-sized cardboard cutouts of the occupants of the USS Enterprise plastered on the walls or “Beam Me Up” shots…
South Florida native, up-and-coming, illuminati loving hip-hop artist Spaceghostpurrp told BET that a project with Odd Future will become a reality. He won’t say when it’s going to drop, or give any details, but merely the notion that this collab is finally on the way is some really nice Miami…
Tech N9ne, the Kansas City native who heads up the Strange Music record label, and Cleveland wild boy Machine Gun Kelly joined forces to bring the “Hostile Takeover Tour 2012” around the country and also to Club Cinema on Tuesday, June 26.The notoriously out-of-control duo are attempting an aggressive touring schedule, performing over 90…
With Miami Heat obsessives anxiously gearing up for game five of the NBA Finals at American Airlines arena, the equally excited fans here at County Grind thought it wise to provide you with a soundtrack for what promises to be a very nerve-racking 48-minutes of game time. Hopefully during which,…
The West Coast is the homeland of gangsta rap. From cop killing to drug dealing, every horrifically real element of life in the hood has made it into song. Though the game hasn’t changed much since its earliest pioneers, the message and the messenger have. And at the center of…
More than one-third of American adults simply “pull up their pants” and go about life carrying an alarmingly high amount of excess body weight. Over the past 20 years, obesity in this country has risen steadily, costing more than $140 billion a year in medical expenses. “I think I weighed…
