Growing up in California on a steady diet of Charles Schultz, Goofus and Gallant, and Mad Magazine, Brain Walsby recognized very early on that he had a unique satirical illustrative knack. Already a fan of heavy metal bands like Motorhead and Judas Priest, when the late ’70s and early ’80s…
Though it hardly seems likely from the look of the South Florida music scene these days, we were once a breeding ground for folkies that went on to change the direction of modern music. David Crosby and Joni Mitchell were frequent performers in the clubs and coffee houses of Coconut…
Not only did Harmony Korine’s new movie Spring Breakers give us the unholy image of James Franco in cornrows, it also inspired one of modern music’s strangest team-ups, a song called “Fancy Bitch” composed by Gucci Mane and Marilyn Manson. Says Mr. Mane in a Fader magazine interview, “We got…
What do you get when you put a bunch of porn stars, their loyal fans, clicking cameras, and slick dildos into the Broward County Convention Center? A lot of exposed boobs, wildly pumping hormones, and pretty great interviews. While EXXXotica raged around us, we got some alone time with a…
Better than: Every other kind of circus. Peter Frampton is a bona fide guitar hero. While this might not be quite the revelation we’re attempting to paint it as here, it is a fact that is unfortunately lost in the din of fanfare the singer/songwriter/guitarist still receives for his use…
Exxxotica 2013 seduced Fort Lauderdale like a stripper doing handstands; and the business of the art of sex washed over Broward County in a veritable table shower of adult entertainment. Indeed, the porn convention shook, bounced, and twirled around the pole till every last dollar in our pocket was stuffed…
Chapter One: An Innocuous Plea to Get You on My Side (Even Though I Have Nothing to Offer, Like the People I Will Be in Immediate Contact with Might) I am neither saint nor devil. I am not here nor there. I don’t exist in the classical sense, yet I…
Remember that time you came back from college one weekend to find the interior of your mom’s suburban home transformed into a porno set, a couple of naked amateurs straddled over the granite kitchen counter tops? Or the time you visited your friend’s trendy new loft apartment in Fat Village…
With Memorial Day over, and clubs now replete with gals in skinny white jeans, L.A. underground hip-hop hero Blu (born Johnson Barnes) showed impeccable timing by releasing a new take on a seasonal classic. Flipping Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff’s original poppy 1992 track on its head, Blu teamed up…
5. Hurly Burly Presents Hairy Potter 8 p.m., Friday, May 31, at Speakeasy Lounge, 129 N. Federal Highway, Lake Worth. Call 561-540-6328. Entrance is $5. You may be fan of Harry Potter, but have you ever even heard of Hairy Potter? If this pervy name piques your interest, swing by…
“At the last show we brought in goat skulls from [a party supply store] and painted pentagrams on them. We ran gauntlets and wore black metal shirts. I’m guessing that’s why we’ve never been asked back to the Funky Buddha Lounge,” Simone Puleo, singer and rhythm guitarist for Dr. Martino,…
Exxxotica, the porno and adult entertainment convention that’s touted as the nation’s largest event dedicated to love and sex, moved North to Fort Lauderdale from South Beach this year. The convention hall full of porn stars, dildos, swingers, kinky romance novels, how-to demos, and sexual enhancement products, gives the common…
Plenty of bands don’t only make funky jams, they also get some funkin’ done in the bedroom, and possibly tour bus with each other. Bands like Fleetwood Mac whose members did a whole lot of incestuous mackin’ and bumping uglies over the years. In honor of this famously horny act…
Anyone who knows the Jacuzzi Boys knows that Miami’s rambunctious kings of glazed-out garage rock are pretty huge fans of Fleetwood Mac. They even named last summer’s Saturday night dance party at the Garret after 1979’s Tusk, arguably the group’s greatest album. Whether they’re chilling at Iggy Pop’s, spinning records…
Killswitch Engage take the roots of hardcore punk, the flash of guitar wizardry, the evil core of heavy fuckin’ death metal, and the heart of rock and roll, throw them in a mosh pit, and create some of the most brutally harmonious music the world has ever known. Their tour…
Paul Reiser is the type of guy who could have been a Jerry Seinfeld, but didn’t quite make it to that level. We mean that in the nicest way possible. The comic is best known for his role in the hit TV show with Helen Hunt Mad About You, but…
The fine folks behind the EXXXotica Expo finally pulled their collective gonads out of their, err, well, gonads, and have brought the party slightly north to Ft. La-Dee-Da-Di and it falls upon your humble narrator and scribe to pick the top ten attractions. I don’t expect you to agree with…
Shroud Eater Album release party with Ancient Albatross, Orbweaver, Amplifier Orgy. 8 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth. Entrance is $5. Call 561-547-7273, or visit propagandalw.com. Clearly, Shroud Eater doesn’t cater to the faint of heart. Unapologetically devoted to brutal thrash and metal mayhem,…
Earlier this year, Big Boi did a series of interviews, and every single one seemed to involve a nosy reporter asking about the thing that hip-hop-heads have been praying for since 2006’s Idlewild: “When will there be an Outkast reunion?” According to many reports, it seems like Big Boi is…
Behold, Orbweaver! Led by Randy Piro, formerly of metal titans Hate Eternal and Gigan, the Miami band exists in a warped world of heavy-metal psychedelia. However, this latest band is a serious departure from Piro’s previous projects, as it experiments with everything from breakneck blast beats and tremolo-picked guitar riffs…
Goddamn, we were looking forward to see Big Boi and Killer Mike dominate the stage at Revolution Live next week. But we just read the supremely crappy news on Pitchfork, that their tour is being postponed. Dear gods of music, why would you do this to us? Is it because…
No matter what the convention or festival features, the event itself is always the prelude. It highlights industry talent, accolades, and all the mundane trade stuff. The real draw is always the after-party: where booze flows freely and professionals finally loosen up. Exxxotica, the giant porn expo featuring DVDs, dildos,…
