Jaco Lives! Get back to basics, dude: Great to see someone finally print a story about Jaco's crippling legacy ("Jaco Incorporated," Jeff Stratton, November 30). Bob Bobbing is a total control freak who, unbeknownst to himself, was actually describing himself when talking about Rutherford and Vicen. It's sad that Jaco's...
Recordings of DJ mixes have been multiplying like e-mail spam over the past decade. The sheer volume of said releases is overwhelming, and it makes one wonder: Who the hell is buying them? There must be a demand if labels keep issuing the things as if the music industry has...
Dear Mexican: My fiancé is trying to learn Spanish so he can speak to my grandmother when we get married next month. Lately, he's been listening to CNN en Español to get an ear for the language. A couple of days ago, he told me that, after several weeks of...
The zen of tedium can produce the sweetest fruit. "Yozo Hamaguchi: Father of the Modern Mezzotint" proves it, though the contemplative exhibit might easily be overlooked, tucked in a quiet corner behind the flagrant Marilyn Monroe exhibit at the Boca Museum. You really would be missing something. The Japanese artist...
It's been a while since the days when I lived in a hovel by T's Lounge out by Palm Beach International Airport. During those glory days, there were some months when my weekdays began with a bike ride past the strip bar's suggestive marquee and another six miles to my...
Tomorrow, Hollywood is having its first city commission meeting since Keith Wasserstrom was charged in the Hollywood Sludge case and removed from office by Gov. Jeb Bush. Activist Howard Sher is urging a big turnout to ensure that voters get a chance to replace Wasserstrom rather than the Mara Machine...
Keechl Tee'd Off On Jim Scott So it looks like Tim Mahoney and Ron Klein have seized two long-time Republican bastions -- the latter man having sent that ol' dinosaur Clay Shaw off to the tar pits where he belongs. And you'll be hearing a lot about those races during...
One morning, Gary Walkow was suddenly transformed into a successful Hollywood filmmaker. Gone were the hat-in-hand searches for financing, the deferred salaries, the long shooting days with undermanned crews, and the months upon years spent touring the festival circuit while seeking a distribution deal. For a moment, he was taking...
Arrested Development: Season Three (Fox) The final collection of Arrested Development discs feels sadly incomplete: only 13 episodes this time, the result of Fox's inability to attract viewers to one of TV's greatest comedies and the network's unwillingness to give it a full farewell. But none of that diminishes the...
After two autumn weeks shivering in dark, soggy Finland for the sake of romance (my most expensive booty call ever), I have renewed appreciation for South Florida. And I'm not just talking about the weather. I didn't think that what I'd miss most was the (gasp!) culture here on our...
First of all, send the kids to Mama's room to watch television. Tailpipe is about to discuss some grown-up matters. The 'Pipe is referring to sex — or at least what passes for sex on Bubba the Love Sponge's Sirius Satellite Radio show. It seems that on June 12, Bubba...
Can you say mutilation 100 times fast? Thanks for illustrating just how ill-conceived an idea it is to have an exotic cat as a pet ("Off the Leash," Jeff Stratton, November 2). The USDA just made it illegal for a license holder to declaw an exotic cat. This link will...
George W. Bush just lent his support to House Speaker Denny Hastert, saying he's a father and cares about children. Yeah, but too bad Hastert cared about the GOP power base a little more. This L.A. Times story was linked below by a commenter. It paints a picture of Foley...
This is you: You pay a company to beam you an invisible signal from outer space or pump a stream of electrons through a wire in your wall so that crisp images show up on your television. You pay a second company, meanwhile, to beam another set of signals from...
Chances are, if you're under 35 but old enough to have voted for president a couple of times, you're still carrying around the mental imprint from the day your adolescent brain was stamped hard by lyrics describing a robbery gone bad. Once upon a time not long ago When people...
Hollywood's Mr. Entertainment (Mr. E, for short) is known for his exuberant, sometimes bizarre, and always fun live performances. On Loiter, Mr. E's revolving cast of musicians — known mostly as the Pookiesmackers — consists mainly of Mark Zolezzi (drums and vocals), Johnny Mahone (guitars and keyboards), and Brandon "B-dog"...
Proving that anyone can start a blog, a local group of lawyers recently got one going that generally reads about as exciting as a court pleading. The Justice Advocacy Association of Broward, made up of about 200 local defense attorneys, calls its Internet experiment JAABlog (jaablog.jaablaw.com), and it's been operating...
From its very beginnings — even, for some, right up until the present — photography has been both revered and reviled for its uncanny ability to capture reality. Among artists, many were exhilarated to be liberated once and for all from any obligation to re-create reality, while others dismissed the...
In the exit polls from last week's midterm elections, more American voters pointed to one issue as a significant factor in their vote than any other. It was an issue that has hurt us around the world, on the national stage, and here at home. And it caused 75 percent...
"Authentic Mexican? You'd be eating grubs rolled in a tortilla. Fried grasshoppers. Tripe." Eduardo Pria didn't think Norte Americanos were ready for that kind of "authentic" when he opened his Fort Lauderdale restaurant in 1993, even though some of the hoitier hotels back in Mexico City were already experimenting with...
Dear Mexican: How can you explain the disparity between Japan and Mexico? Japan is a nation a fraction the size of Mexico, with zero natural resources, suffered a devastating war of four years that included two atom bombs, yet has reached the highest in educational achievements, technological advancements and economic...
