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J-O’s “My Smoke Song” Video Should Make Him Easier to Google

Plantation-bred J-O, AKA Jonathan Olivert, has a hip-hop name that makes sense -- it's his initials. Right now, though, a certain popular fabric retailer's site is up top of the search results. This guy hasn't even reached his 20th birthday, according to his Facebook page, so he's got some time...
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Backstage: Hanging With Mr. Nash and Mr. John

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, a twist on a name and a photo foible. It doesn't take much to spark one of my musical memories. The recent visit by the...
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Beer Milkshakes? Our Top Seven Flavors

Sure, a mixture of ice cream and beer sounds like a vomit-inducing concoction. And that is exactly what prompted three young adults (my friends) to recently undertake the tasting of 14 beer milkshakes (which I invented and foisted upon them).All beers on the following list were bought at Total Wine,...
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Hail to the King, Baby!

Traditional types try to cast the city and its wide array of temptations as the domain of evil. It’s in small-town America, the rhetoric goes, that good, wholesome folks raise good, wholesome kids. But B-horror movies tell us that demons and zombies actually lurk in the backcountry and that these...
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Don’t Shoot the Messenger

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. -- Mark Twain Well the "blue-ribbon committee" of muckety-mucks -- Bob Butterworth, Jack Seiler, and W. George Allen -- have finally put out their final report to help clean up and bring more transparency to the Broward County...
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Recipe: Risotto with Shrimp, Preserved Lemon, Asparagus and Pea

​If you have a lemon, you make lemonade.  If you have a preserved lemon, you can make just about any damn thing taste a little more interesting. Except lemonade. That would really suck.  Preserved lemons are a staple of Moroccan cooking, basically just lemons stuffed in a jar with lots...
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The Step Up to 3-D Is No Step Up for “Step Up 3D”

The dance battles that structure the Step Up films are all about "the move" — the one unexpected, mind-blowing, totally impossible move that ends a competition and raises the game. The franchise itself has attempted such a maneuver with its third installment, Step Up 3D. Meant to take the scrappy...
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Last Night: CocoRosie at Revolution, September 24

Photo by Ian Witlen​CocoRosiewith Raffa & Rainerat Revolution, Fort LauderdaleFriday, September 24, 2010Check out a slideshow from the concert here.Better than: A drum circle with a beatboxer, a pianist, a woodwind combo, harp, and images of horses and beach scenes. Wait. Does that even exist?The review: Attending a CocoRosie show...
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Beer of the Week: Beer Mixology

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you...
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Recipe: Braised Beef Short Ribs

​Andrew Lampasone, owner of Wine Watch in Fort Lauderdale, enjoys a good meal with his wine.  This braised beef short rib recipe is a winner at their catered events and at his home dinner table.  Braised Beef Short Rib au Thyme JusThis recipe needs 2 days of marinading and has...
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Of Montreal Frontman to Perform Rare Solo Show

"You look like a playground to me, player," a lyric from Of Montreal's forthcoming False Priest, is one of the myriad ways frontman Kevin Barnes keeps turning heads. Aside from an unpredictable stage show that can involve face paint and coffins filled with shaving cream, this time around, Barnes takes...
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Beer of the Week: Dogfish Head Sah’tea

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you...
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James Randi Encourages Skeptics to “Overdose” on Homeopathic Medicines

James Randi, the grandfather of modern skepticism and founder of the Fort Lauderdale-based James Randi Educational Foundation, has for decades offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can successfully demonstrate any paranormal ability in a laboratory setting. Now he's extending the offer to manufacturers of homeopathic medications while at...
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Debra Villegas Gets Two More Months of Freedom; Tony Villegas Back in Jail

Debra Villegas, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme, will not be sentenced on Friday as planned.Rothstein's former right-hand woman has two more months of freedom, thanks to summer vacation scheduling conflicts and her lawyer's insistence that she's working "diligently" to...