Frank Ocean channeled a dead Jenny, instead of orange with his totally weirdo-in-a-bad-way performance at the 2013 Grammys.Some really poor decision-making led him to sing his love song to Forrest Gump last night, which included a stage show that had way too much going on that made way too little…
You didn’t have to be a total comedy nerd kid to revel in the jokes of Kevin Nealon and, arguably, the finest Saturday Night Live cast in the late eighties and early nineties. You just had to have cool parents. But it’s likely that watching Nealon dressed as Franz or reading…
A good chunk of the crowd at Hard Rock Live last night was there to see bald-eagle-flag-lovin’ Merle Haggard. Another larger part came to sing along with joint-rolling, “Crazy”-writing Willie Nelson. It’s probably accurate to say though that everyone got the biggest thrill from spotting Vanilla Ice in the audience. See also -…
When asked how he is, Miami-based rapper, singer, songwriter Swazy Styles declares enthusiastically, “I’m doing great!” It seems that through his music, he’s dedicated to making everyone else feel exactly the same way. “I promote good, positive music,” Swazy says. “Away from some of what other artists are promoting. It’s all about…
If you also worship at the altar of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, you might have caught the “Take Back MTV” episode of Portlandia. They did something we here in South Florida took note of. They name-dropped one of the major foundations located in our community, the John S. and…
Tiny, pretty women with Skrillex cuts emotionally screeched along with every single lyric sung by Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim last night at the Fillmore on Miami Beach. It was in this haze of feelings and mixed drinks that I realized that the xx makes R&B for white people,…
Mumford & Sons are like the most popular group on the planet. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never heard any of their songs, all the rest of your family has, and they’re all jazzed up about ’em. These four Brits have announced their Gentlemen of the Road stopover shows, which…
If the one thing you’re dedicated to in life is music, and are totally committed to remaining totally out of touch with politics, first of all, no. And second of all, turns out Spotify is a good way for your lazy ass to learn about those who you (even by…
Hipster is such a nebulous and obnoxious term. But if you say that you don’t want to use this weird word, all eyes land on you accusingly. Now you seem like the hipster in the room who is merely insulted by being categorized. But the truth is, the term is given…
It’s 3 a.m. and you’re all alone. One might even say that you’re lonely. There’s only one song playing over and over in your head, and it’s one of Matchbox Twenty’s. That’s right. The 1996 hit “3 AM” and more than a handful of others played by this Orlando group…
During a recent trip to New York, my friends and I ended up talking pop songs. They’d heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” and though folks of discerning tastes, they extolled the virtues of this catchy tune. When trying to figure out what other radio songs they guiltily enjoyed,…
No other comedian makes people laugh in the exact way that Tracy Morgan does. The former Saturday Night Live cast member has an unassuming quality about him, like a big goofy neighbor. But his banter is woven through with complex, absurd, and heavy humor. He’s no simpleton, no matter what…
Chris Brown is definitely one of the most famously crappy boyfriends of all time. No matter how sticky sweet he looks smooching Rihanna on the cover of any album, he still beat the crap out of her, and we’re all gonna remember forever. We’ve all had romantic partners who suck. Sometimes…
No other comedian makes people laugh in the exact way that Tracy Morgan does. The former Saturday Night Live cast member has an unassuming quality about him, like a big, goofy neighbor. But his banter is woven through with complex, absurd, and heavy humor. He’s no simpleton, no matter what…
A few weeks back, we took to the high seas to see what the maiden voyage of the S.S. Coachella would be like. There were still sand and sunburns on this ocean journey, like in Indio, but there also were waves. Our adventure left us musically satisfied.See also- Best and…
Margaret Cho is one comedian who will never lose her audience. Not only because gays and Koreans won’t be going extinct anytime soon but because she is, herself, an evolving artist. She’s danced with the stars and inked most of her flesh. She played a comedic but convincing Kim Jong…
Mention Jason Statham’s name to any breathing lady or gay dude, especially over the age of 30, and they drool, like immediately. That’s because the action actor isn’t just hot, and British, he’s a generally tough dude. Basically, he’s the man you wish you gay or straight married.Statham paired up…
The Times UK broke hearts while breaking the the news that Beyonce didn’t sing “The Star Spangled Banner” live at the 57th presidential inauguration. A spokeswoman for the Marine Corp Band Kristen DuBois said it was standard procedure to record a backing track and Beyoncé decided shortly before her performance…
Tuesday, January 22Looka Looka Looka at Blind Pig TuesdaySpeakeasy Lounge, 129 N Federal Hwy, Lake Worth. Music starts at 8PM and there is no cover. Call the Speakeasy Lounge at (561) 791-6242 and visit the Blind Pig Tuesday Facebook Page. Full article here: Looka Looka Looka at Blind Pig Tuesday; Promises Acoustic…
Just this past Christmas, Steve Aoki’s label Dim Mak snagged talented West Palm Rapper Will Brennan. We named the best Palm Beach County rapper on a recent list of 10; though not a ranked list necessarily, he definitely stood out to us as an MC with breakout potential. See also-…
“I didn’t think any one else liked it but me,” Annie Leibovitz told a group of snapping cameras and scratching pens yesterday about her photograph of artist Agnes Martin. Taken in Taos, it shows the woman simply sitting on her bed, facing forward, back straight. But as the photographer explained…
In part one of our interview with comedian and musician Margaret Cho, we probed her about the Grammy award winning album Cho Dependent and she told us about her knee tattoos of presidents Lincoln and Washington.See also:- Margaret Cho On the Weirdest Place to Get a Tattoo (Interview, Part One)In…
