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...
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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, it wasn't my party, but I can still sigh if I want to! Birthdays are always momentous occasions, but being the celebrity junkie that I...
Happy Together 25th Anniversary With the Turtles, Micky Dolenz, Mark Lindsay, the Grassroots, and the Buckinghams Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Thursday, July 29, 2010Those involved in the "Happy Together" assemblage coast along on memories alone. For the headlining Turtles, it actually represents phase two in a continuing courtship of Baby...
This week in Dish, we review Sheila's Famous BBQ, Conch, & More, a two-month old Caribbean/barbecue shack in Lake Worth. I count myself among the geek crowd simply because I find barbecue - like most good things in life - to be worth the extra time and effort. That, plus...
Photo by Ian WitlenIt's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday (and Stonefox)No matter what happens Saturday at Poor House (110 Nugent Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) on Saturday evening, the results will probably warrant another blog posting.Thanks to a tip from New Times shutterbug Ian Witlen, we discover an intriguing Facebook...
American Idol season nine is finally over, and no amount of spoiler saving is going to keep you from finding out that Illinois native Lee DeWyze won the crown Wednesday night. According to a compelling assessment from the New York Times' Jon Caramanica, runner-up Crystal Bowersox should have been the...
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Asylum Denied
The Heavy PetsThe Heavy Pets Even the biggest fans of the biggest jam bands don't expect much from a studio album. In this writer's view, the jam band studio album can serve a couple of purposes. The first is to superficially introduce the band to newbies and the new songs...
We here who grind away in the County Grind like to respect and promote our local efforts. In today's Local Motion, we look at a pair of releases by Boca Raton's Livid Records, a fine compendium of local and out-of-state acts that is rapidly becoming one of the "friendliest" independent...
Police in Boynton Beach are on the lookout for a large green mermaid. Or a statue of one anyway.Last night, Timothy Gallo, 47, reported to police that the statue had apparently been stolen from the backyard of his house on NE Tenth Avenue. The statue has been gone for a...
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Boca Raton's Goolsby.Goolsby's music creates the best sort of soundtrack for youthful escapades like making out and riding your...
This week the Transportation Security Administration announced that travelers who don't want strangers to see their naked form in a full-body scanner and also don't want a stranger groping them will not be fined $11,000 for their refusal to cooperate. (If you decline the searches and then bolt for the...
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Coral Springs has a museum?!" I have heard that refrain almost every time I've mentioned the Coral Springs Museum of Art over the course of at least a dozen years, and it resurfaced again before my most recent visit. It seems that no matter how often I sing the praises...
With the Fourth landing on Sunday, it's a good time to fire up the old Webster and get to grilling. But mastering the art of fire, heat, metal, and meat takes serious know how. It also takes time and patience, and an understanding of how this age old cooking method...
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties that features interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, West Palm Beach's Totem Pole.I am waiting impatiently for Totem Pole to play a show -- there's absolutely...
Barbecue is a truly geeky pursuit. Think about it: Here you've got grown men and women obsessing over an antiquated and inefficient cooking method, one that's been effectively replaced in popular culture by push-button smoke ovens and prepackaged sauces. These are people who trumpet tradition over innovation, bemoan the spread...
via myspace.com/djdubfireIt seems like the guys of Deep Dish are spending more time apart than together now, but the musical results as they diverge are more and more interesting. The clear maverick of the duo made up of Sharam and Dubfire, is the latter. Born Ali Shirazinia, the Iranian-American grew...
Georgie's Alibi showed the chains how it was done at Friday night's Burger Battle, turning in one mean ground chuck burger for the victory. But there were some downright disgusting excuses for America's favorite sandwich that night too. Below, the three worst offenders...
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Every year in our Best Of issue we have to make some tough choices. Take the category of Best Barbecue, for example. There are probably a good half-a-dozen restaurants that would qualify for this award depending on who you talk to. For example, some people think Tom Jenkins should win...
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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Juarez’s Children
It's Thursday. Here's what's in your local news:In what could be a major step toward fighting corruption in Broward County, the sheriff's office will be collaborating with the FBI to bust crooked politicians. [Daily Pulp]Poor Sapp: Retired NFL All-Pro and ex-Miami Hurricanes star Warren Sapp is one of Scott Rothstein's...