Palm Beach Poetry Festival: Musical Haikus by Yaddyra Peralta

There’s plenty of poetry in music, and music itself is the less socially awkward, cuter cousin of poetry. Both evoke all kinds of emotions through things like words, beats, rhymes, and notes. It’s all (f)art. The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is merely days away, and we didn’t want to overlook…

Drake and the Philosophy of #YOLO

In “The Motto,” Young Money rapper and former actor Drake raps in his lazy, Weezy-wannabe singsong manner: “You only live once/That’s motto, nigga, Y.O.L.O./And we ’bout it e’ryday…” His lines always seemingly drenched in ennui, Drake was once best described by a fellow New Times writer as a guy who’s…

Best Concerts This Week in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County

While everyone else in the world are trying to keep their chilly booties toasty, we’re stripping down and cooling off in our mama’s pool. It’s hot, friends, and it’s winter. To even mention global warming, with 80 degree weather dominating December and January, would mean to admit that the polar…

99 Jamz Remembers Aaliyah on Her Birthday, Wednesday, January 16

Even though Aaliyah was only in her teens when she sang most of her songs, she, along with the whole world, already knew that she wasn’t just “anybody.” She was definitely that somebody. Aaliyah sang timeless songs with the help of producers and songwriters R. Kelly (to whom she was…

Smokey Robinson Admits: “I Love Lady Gaga!”

When Smokey Robinson, the legendary R&B singer and songwriter, told us on the phone that he was a fan of Lady Gaga, we weren’t surprised. First of all, he appeared recently on The Voice, so he’s not out of the loop, and these days, thanks to TiVo, even our parents…

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard Come to Hollywood Hard Rock

Last month, Willie Nelson announced a bunch of Florida dates, but Broward and Palm Beach counties sadly weren’t on his mind. But guess sometime in the past month, we got in there somehow, cause the Red Headed Stranger is storming into town in a haze of pot smoke and country…

Best Concerts This Week in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County

This week, there’s so much live music happening in Broward and Palm Beach counties, it’s almost oppressive. That’s a slight exaggeration. But there definitely is enough going on to keep your feet tapping or your head banging till next Monday.  Luckily, you’ve been saving up for this big moment. A…

WANTED: Spring 2013 Photography Interns

Calling all photo students! New Times Broward-Palm Beach is recruiting photography students for its Spring 2013 Photo Intern Program.By “student,” we do not mean “a student of life.” There’s no cash offered with this gig, only credits. Don’t bother applying if this doesn’t suit you.Still interested? Read on!…

Reactions to Tragic Twitter #Cut4Bieber Fad

Update: Even creepier still, the #cut4Bieber hash was seeded by internet trolls months back. It was originally a hoax created to have fans cut their hair because they said Bieber had cancer. It’s not certain how many images of sliced wrists are authentic. It’s clear the Internet is the tool…

Smokey Robinson’s Bringing Clown Tears to Hard Rock Live Hollywood

Before Detroit was heavy with techno beats, it was rich with Motown’s rhythm, blues, and soul. Smokey Robinson started singing with the label, heading up the Miracles, with a voice as smooth as melted buttah and those sparking light eyes. Detroit in the 1960s was the milky way of music. Robinson…

YOLO Restaurant Owner in Fort Lauderdale Responds to Drake’s Claims

We’d tell you what YOLO stands for, but, as Drake would say: “You already know, though.” See also- Rapper Drake Thinks He Owns the Term YOLO — but Did He and Rick Ross Crib the Phrase From the Fort Lauderdale Restaurant?The rapper’s been running around the web claiming that Walgreens…

Jimmy Buffett Announces Fort Lauderdale Concert in February 2013

You’d think an act named “the Coral Reefer Band” would never get the chance to leave the dark, dank corner of your local old-guy bar. But when that group, even with the dorky pot joke nestled so comfortably amid its letters, is led by Jimmy Buffett, well then, fire up the jets!…