A popular Season 9 episode of South Park titled “Die, Hippie, Die” depicted jam-band culture as a bunch of bleary-eyed people who mumble about saving the world while not ever doing much besides bobbing their heads to “crunchy grooves,” all spaced out on the reefer. If psychedelic-flavored concerts these days…
Poet e.e. cummings said, “To destroy is always the first step in any creation.” For Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, destruction and creation are a way of life. “A good artist is willing to die many times over,” Corgan says. “What’s funny is, I’ve died so many times.” The lead…
Brothers Stephen and Lee Tiger grew up making music on what is now the Miccosukee reservation. When the two were boys, a pile of toys was delivered from Orlando to distribute to the kids in their village. “We found two plastic guitars that were actually tunable,” Lee Tiger says. “So…
Multimedia company C&I Studios is known for putting a truly creative spin on things. Whether it’s filming unique music videos or hosting mobile gore film night Splatter-Rama, they’ve got their own way of presenting culture. The fourth annual Dialect art walk takes place Saturday at their Fort Lauderdale location, taking…
Juke not only has an incredibly solid musical name, it also creates soulful, countrified blues with an international twist. And their music works everywhere, from the Lowes Hotel on South Beach to the home of Fort Lauderdale rock, Poor House. They even just returned from playing at the humongous Wanee…
Continued from Part 1: “Young Nudists at Sunsport Gardens Naturist Resort Reveal More Than Bare Asses” A 29-year old ginger with a low ponytail, Chris, came in from Washington State, where he and his wife help organize Vita Nuda, another naturist organization. Annette, as it turns out, is a 21-year…
A couple of years ago, Casey Schumacher’s momentum was gaining. The 22-year-old, also known as Case Windu, released albums The Munchies and Best Case Scenario and toured with Curren$y. After graduating from Full Sail University in Orlando and dropping Acquired Taste in February 2012, Windu’s presence seemed to have diminished,…
Bobby Lee is that perfect amount of famous where he can still do whatever he wants, as long as it gets a laugh. Staying underground and performing small clubs, he’s gained enough credibility in the comic world to team with the likes of Sacha Baron Cohen and even film a…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Looking back at a true musical master. When Ian Hunter, the onetime mainstay of the band Mott the Hoople, famously sang “All of the good ones are taken,” he was…
Remember when Kanye West was touring Europe this past February, and — night after night — lost his metaphorical shit onstage? In case you don’t, let us clarify our statement with a note explaining that by “lost his shit,” we don’t mean “really gave the performance his all” or “misplaced…
The drive out to Sunsport Gardens, a family naturist resort near Wellington, was an exercise in endurance. Finally off the Turnpike, one thunderstorm later, and somewhere near the Everglades, I passed a sign for a gun show, drove by a Starbucks and Jamba Juice. You know, swamp necessities. Not long…
April 28 is a huge day for up-and-coming country singer Ciara Rae. Not only will her new social media sites be updated and her music available on iTunes but this local star will be performing at Davie’s finest, Cowboys. This University of Miami-educated songstress will be wearing custom-made duds created…
Brothers Stephen and Lee Tiger grew up making music on what is now the Miccosukee reservation. When the two were boys, a pile of toys was delivered from Orlando to distribute to the kids in their village. “We found two plastic guitars that were actually tunable,” Lee Tiger says. “So…
Perennial folk rocker and original self-mythologizing hippie, Bob Dylan, has announced a 26-date tour across the United States with Chicago-based brothers-in-roots-rock, Wilco, and the fresher-faced righteous jammers known as My Morning Jacket. The team-up is so undeniably harmonious it is practically the peanut butter and banana sandwiches of package tours…
How do you make a girl “big O” without even touching her? According to DJ Laz, by giving her diamonds.Not only has Laz made timeless contributions to Miami Bass and Booty Music, he’s also willing to share the wisdom on how ‘it ain’t trickin’ if you got it’ with listeners…
Block x Blog was a celebration. Fort Lauderdale musicians, artists, vendors, and scenesters all came together under the unified roof of the Revolution Live complex to show what makes Broward County special and reminisce about the good things of youth. The place was decorated with balloons bent into oversize flowers,…
Real talk: The south Florida music scene is changing. Influences are being muddled — those playing to a specific genre these days are likely to fall to the wayside, and while it’s never easy to coordinate even a handful of bands for one show, Block x Blog soared over the…
Is anything sweeter than watching LeBron Fucking James and Ray Goddamn Allen metaphorically mash the collective face of the Milwaukee Bucks into a gravel pit of defeat? Sure, there are myriad victories to come. But this is the Miami Heat’s first in a methodical Sherman’s March decimation of the NBA…
It wasn’t easy dodging the throngs of young girls in pairs — all dressed like Rihanna, compulsively documenting their every step with selfies — at the Diamonds World Tour show at BB&T Center on this Day of Stoners, 2013. Meanwhile, Instagram indicated Rihanna was toking away, 4/20-style, backstage, peacefully enjoying…
FastForward is a weekly column highlighting the highs, lows, and in-betweens of South Florida nightlife. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hoped you’d remember the next morning. It’s everything that’s led…
We saw you. We saw you standing outside Radio-Active Records, as early as 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2013. We saw you panic a little when we walked into the store from the back door before it was time to open the front and sift through the records to…
Many look at Ft. Lauderdale and see a bland concrete wasteland north of Miami, but not Mathew P and Eric Michael K of the JAMS DJ Network. They see a city on the verge of a cultural revolution — if it wants it.”I think there is an opportunity, especially in…
