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Best Cheap Thrill

Pool Jumping in Palm BeachMost of the überwealthy don’t bother to drain their pools when they go north for the summer, which means their onyx and ultramarine oases are ours for the backstroking. Like the famous character in the John Cheever story “The Swimmer,” with a little planning, a person in reasonably good shape could practically swim the length […]
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Best Street Food

Swanky's Low 'n' Slow BBQLet’s face it, street food isn’t easy to find in South Florida. But that doesn’t mean Swanky’s, a barbecue cart that operates from West Palm Beach to Miami, wins just by default. Owners Steve Russo and Armand Ignelzi take ultimate care with their homespun ‘cue, putting in as much attention to detail with their killer […]
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Torche Plays Much Happier Stoner Metal as a Trio

Stonerific pop metal power group Torche has been a purveyor of sludge thicker than BP's since 2005. The foursome's original lineup included members from heavy area acts like Floor, Cavity, and Tyranny of Shaw. But in the interest of not introducing South Florida readers to Torche for the gazillionest time,...
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Grilled Pork Bun at MAMA Asian Noodle Bar

Pictured above: One steaming hot grilled pork bun. No, not pork bun as in the sticky, Chinese dim sum stuffed with bbq pork. Pork Bun as in the Vietnamese vermicelli rice noodle dish, bun thit. It's from MAMA Asian Noodle Bar, a new pan-Asian eatery in the Promenade at Coconut...
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Best Coach

David Lee, Dolphins Quarterbacks CoachYou’ve probably never heard of David Lee — but you’ve seen his work. You’ve seen it in exotic formations and in the play of several quarterbacks. You’ve also seen the results in the Dolphins win column. Lee is a longtime Arkansas Razorback and a Parcells guy. He was an assistant in Dallas during the Tuna’s […]
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Passion Pit Stirs Things Up at Fillmore Miami

Listening to their incredibly tight, überpolished debut, Manners, one may find it hard to believe that Passion Pit's been around for such a short time. Less than three years ago, frontman Michael Angelakos launched the project as a solo effort — on his laptop in his Emerson College dorm in...
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Last Night: Lake Worth-It at Bryant Park, Lake Worth, August 7

Lake Worth-It 2010With John Ralston & Invisible Music, Black Weather Shaman, Black Finger, the Jameses, Guy Harvey, Jesse Baumann, the Dewars, Everymen, Kill Now?!, Sweet Bronco, Yellow #6, Bladesong, the People Upstairs, Angry Pudding, Grey and Orange, Leading the Heroes, the Ridicules, Blond Fuzz, the Hard Richards, and Wayside FlyerBryant...
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A Loss for Words Punks Up Motown Classics at Talent Farm

Although Fall Out Boy clearly has soul-music influences and even covered Michael Jackson's "Beat It," the punk link to the genre was never quite so pronounced prior to A Loss for Words' album Motown Classics. Released earlier this year, the album is primed for soundtrack placement on a teen drama...
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Absentee City Manager Getting Golden Parachute

​Hallandale Beach has a tradition of paying a city manager who doesn't show up for work; so now that commissioners have fired Mike Good, it's fitting that they should give him one more giant paycheck on his way out the door.Yesterday, the commission moved to give Good a severance package...
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Q&A: Jonathan Nunez from Torche, Playing Respectable Street Saturday

Torche really deserves all the credit it gets. Purveyors of sludge thicker than BP's footprint, the underground powergroup has consistently turned out its memorable brand of stonerific pop metal since its debut in 2005. The foursome boasted a pedigree with its original lineup that included members from Floor, Cavity, and...
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Feasting on Pompano at Marumi Sushi

My family and I went out for an early Father's Day dinner Saturday night at Marumi Sushi in Plantation, recently named our Best Restaurant in Broward County. Dad was thrilled since it was only his second visit and he really wanted to try Marumi's fresh, whole fish again. For $1.20...
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Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

This week on the blog:We recap the Burger Battle in two posts -- the best, and the worst.Our custom chocolate bar from Chocomize arrived this week, and it was everything we had hoped for.To go with all the burgers, we sip some milk shakes at WPB's Relish.Dine Out for the...
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How to Make Jerk Chicken and Ribs To Die For

Whether it's smoking low and slow or grilling fast and hot, I absolutely love making chicken and ribs during the Summer. And my favorite preparation for making each at home has to be Jerk-style. Good jerk just has so much going for it. The spiciness makes you sweat and actually...
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Commissioner’s Hubby Repped Dirty Developer at Depo

When dirty developer Shawn Chait was called in to testify in a deposition about suspected bribes he paid to then-Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion, he called the husband of another commissioner for help. Chait, who along with his father, Bruce Chait, is now cooperating with authorities in one of the biggest corruption cases in Broward...
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Hank III’s Hellish Days at Curb Records are Nearly Over

Sometime about six years ago, Hank Williams III first felt a strain in his throat. Then in his early 30s, his attempts at belting out a twangy ballad about loneliness mustered only a raspy, huffing sound — not the yodeling crack his audiences had grown accustomed to. "It was the...
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There is Enough Content: The Problems With iTunes and American Idol

Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small-d democratic strategist with no party affiliation. Each week, we surrender our space for his thoughts on the music industry and how...
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Experts Say a Deputy’s Tale About Getting Shot Doesn’t Add Up

A Pinal County sheriff's sergeant is discussing Deputy Louie Puroll, who famously claimed on April 30 that a Latino drug smuggler shot him in the desert. "I can't speak for our sheriff [Paul Babeu]," Dave Hausman says, "but I can speak for our unit, and the sheriff can slap me...