Even if the cause for a memorial concert is a sad one, the large crowd of participants toasted the late drummer and promoter Jimmy Pagano at America’s Backyard Sunday with smiles. In the brilliant, sunny afternoon, a collection of area musicians, bar regulars, friends, and family mingled, took photographs, and…
Andrew Gold, a singer-songwriter best known for a string of pop hits in the late 1970s and a knack for matching weighty themes with lighter arrangements, has died. According to the Los Angeles Times, Gold died in his sleep Friday at his home in Encino, California. He was 59.Fans of…
Not likely that Coldplay’s choice of “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” as a title of their comeback single will win over Jon Pareles. Still, for the band that has a propensity to be as popular as they are for not worrying about fussy critics, this is likely to keep Chris…
Pink just popped, and welcomed a baby girl with hubby Carey Hart. She spread the news of their growing family late Thursday evening via Twitter.Bringing a life into the world his hard enough, and even with all of the trappings of fame and fortune, there is no guarantee that a…
Much planning and hard work has gone into Sunday’s Jimmy Pagano Memorial Tribute & Benefit show that will take place at America’s Backyard in downtown Fort Lauderdale.In this week’s print edition, we gathered together a number of personal messages people from the local music community directed at a fallen friend,…
Jacuzzi Boys have named their second album Glazin’, which is defined by Urban Dictionary as the G-rated “hardcore chillin'” and that’s pretty cool. But for the love of all that is sacred, DO NOT do a Google Images search for “glazin'” — unless you want to be presented with some…
Michael Elwood Gochenour, known for opening Elwood’s Dixie Bar-B-Q in Delray Beach in the early ’90s, has died just shy of his 60th birthday. Many friends and supporters have posted tributes to his memory at the live haunt’s Facebook page. Update 3:45 p.m.: Gochenour’s body was found at his home…
Cherished local promoter and drummer Jimmy Pagano’s life will receive a long, heartfelt look during a memorial tribute held at America’s Backyard this Sunday. Pagano, who died in mid-April in the aftermath of a violent altercation at Fishtales Bar & Grill in Fort Lauderdale, had built a strong rapport with…
Ex-Heat center Shaquille O’Neal, one of the finest to ever play in the NBA, has decided to call it a career. The retirement news came from Tout, a new Twitter-like social media tool that seems to have discovered that Shaq’s tweets are quite popular. “I’m about to retire,” he confirms…
Holy crap! So the Langerado Music Festival is really coming back for 2011, and a wildly varied lineup has just dropped.Headliners for the October 8-9 event at Markham Park include Death Cab for Cutie, the Trey Anastasio Band, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, and Ween. And are a couple of those…
The Rock of Ages filming is under way in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and so are the retro fashion choices by cast members Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin, who is not bowing out!Tweeted by the film’s director, Adam Shankman, the photo shows Brand as Lonny Barnett, who narrated the musical’s original…
One of the most emotionally charged parts of being a reporter is documenting people on your beat after they’ve died. In life, drummer Jimmy Pagano made the rounds with his Untamed Band and helped organize countless jam nights around South Florida. His death rocked the local community, and many spoke…
Even if a bearded man may seem like a stoic man, Will Oldham actually has a wonderful sense of humor tucked under his curly facial hair. Alex Rendon got him to admit that the upcoming Free Florida Tour, which stops at Radio-Active Records this coming weekend, is an opportunity to…
All the way in the second sentence of the press release, Matador scion Gerard Cosloy divulges that the ’90s preeminent slacker heroes are together at last. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will enjoy the multi-faceted production touches of Beck Hansen on Mirror Traffic, S.M.’s fifth since he broke up the…
County Grind is 1 year old this week!OK, so technically Saturday, May 21, was the one-year anniversary of County Grind’s painful but necessary split from the Miami New Times’ Crossfade blog. We decided to wait and see if any sort of “rapture” would occur before assembling any link montages or…
Universal Expansion, West Palm’s emergent gods of robotic rhythm, let loose on a fortunate few who stuck around into the evening at Kismet Vintage’s three-year anniversary celebration. Set up near the fitting booths and Western shirts in the rear of the Delray Beach clothing boutique, the quartet played three evolving…
The title of this posting is nearly as misleading as the title of Team Jaguar’s new mixtape, Rick Scott Loves Dubstep. First of all, the Florida governor is less concerned about beats per minute than he is about bludgeoning public transportation money. Also, he didn’t even get Justin Bieber to…
CrocodilesWith Band in Heaven, the Dewars, FeversRespectable Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, May 21, 2011Better than: Crocodiles’ live experience circa 2009.Click here to see a full slide show from the show.Although the term postpunk is abhorrent, it’s useful to capture the live feel of San Diego glam-garage rock outfit Crocodiles. Singer…
With his “Dick in a Box” and “Motherlover” tendencies, Justin Timberlake can take heaps of credit for revitalizing Saturday Night Live with every lovin’ visit. Now that he’s an actor and all, that leaves a slot open for musical guest Lady Gaga. Still, with the advent of Hulu.com and wrap-ups…
A quick programming note for social types looking for Sunday evening activity: Delray Beach’s Kismet Recycled Vintage & Designer Clothing is hosting its third anniversary.Aside from the clothing addicts and vegan cupcake devotees that will consider this a must-attend, area fans of Guy Harvey, Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn, Cop City/Chill…
They just don’t make ’em like “Macho Man” Randy Savage anymore. The WWF legend flexed, strutted, and “Oooh Yeaaaah”-ed his way into public consciousness during the past three decades. In addition to his professional wrestling acumen, he was the perfect personality for action figures, videogames, and to provide a hearty…
For the second week running, NBC’s Parks & Recreation has massaged music dorks’ heartstrings. Although the Neutral Milk Hotel gag was a good one, last night’s season finale episode decided to top Elton John & Bernie Taupin’s song for Marilyn Monroe that was later updated and expanded to honor Princess…
