I've been bothered ever since I read Al Martinez's essay, "Confessions of an Ice Cream Fanatic," published in the August 2000 issue of Gourmet magazine. At first, I couldn't pinpoint the source of my distaste, but after two years of reflecting on the article's thesis -- that the "Statue of...
Everything you'd ever want to know about Momus -- the effeminate, eye-patched, Scottish-born composer, singer, and essayist -- is available for your perusal. Through interviews, pop-culture magazine columns, and a voluminous output of smarmy, hermetically sealed, electronic-pop albums (more than 15 since 1982, with more on the way), Momus has...
Erin Brown grew up in an Irish cop family. One brother, a sister, and three cousins all work for the Broward Sheriff's Office. Her father, Don O'Brien, retired from BSO in 1995. And a career in law enforcement was all that the freckled redhead wanted for herself. Two years out...
Florida StageThis Palm Beach County company serves up challenging productions with a nice blend of local and New York City actors and a welcome infusion of talented directors and designers from across the nation. Artistic director Louis Tyrrell has an excellent instinct for play selection and maintains close relationships with several important playwrights. The result is […]
Florida StageThis Palm Beach County company serves up challenging productions with a nice blend of local and New York City actors and a welcome infusion of talented directors and designers from across the nation. Artistic director Louis Tyrrell has an excellent instinct for play selection and maintains close relationships with several important playwrights. The result is […]
The George & Dragon Pub & RestaurantFish and chips shouldn’t be a stumbling block for a British pub, but all too often, the results are greasy and unpalatable. Not here, where the fish is flaky, the coating a light golden-brown, and the chips as perfectly fried as a swimsuit model. Of course, basic fare isn’t the only thing this upscale pub […]
The George & Dragon Pub & RestaurantFish and chips shouldn’t be a stumbling block for a British pub, but all too often, the results are greasy and unpalatable. Not here, where the fish is flaky, the coating a light golden-brown, and the chips as perfectly fried as a swimsuit model. Of course, basic fare isn’t the only thing this upscale pub […]
In the end is a beginning, as the saying goes. And so it is with Apartment 3A, a romantic comedy with a Hollywood ending that marks a Hollywood beginning: the Acting Studio Stage Company's new space on Hollywood Boulevard. While there are certain drawbacks to this production, plenty of encouraging...
It's just a tiny big town, and when opportunities dry up, summer doldrums set in. Is it the stifling weather that fuels petty tensions and brings out the worst in the music community? Doubtful. More likely, it's the fear of diminishing resources that has everyone fighting over the last few...
During a recent segment on Today, host Matt Lauer asked Celine Dion about her claim in a previous interview that she enjoyed changing the diapers of her first child, René-Charles. Dion replied that this was definitely the case, in part because when she opened up the wrapper encasing her tot's...
FAU Men's BasketballHow ’bout them Owls? Coach Sidney Green, the former Runnin’ Rebel and NBA journeyman player, inherited a pretty sorry bunch back in 1999. In fact, the team hardly qualified as a “bunch” at all: What with all the transfers, he suited up just seven players that year. Hardly surprising, then, when the team went 2-28; […]
FAU Men's BasketballHow ’bout them Owls? Coach Sidney Green, the former Runnin’ Rebel and NBA journeyman player, inherited a pretty sorry bunch back in 1999. In fact, the team hardly qualified as a “bunch” at all: What with all the transfers, he suited up just seven players that year. Hardly surprising, then, when the team went 2-28; […]
For too many years, the amount of attention lavished upon David Lee Roth has steadily diminished. Amid accusations that he was spending too much time on his own material, among other sins, he deserted or was booted out of Van Halen around 1986 -- different parties have different stories. But...
There has always been something infuriating, if not appalling, about killing thousands of people in the name of blockbuster entertainment. Before September 11, no one thought much about it. Audiences accepted wholesale slaughter on the big screen because they knew there would be some sort of payoff -- revenge, redemption,...
The $10 million that Broward County and Hollywood politicians aim to spend in the area's most visible park to create an arts extravaganza will be wasted. Tossed in the toilet. Spent and forgotten. Though many suggest it will reenergize the shuttered downtown, it won't. First, let's dispense with the blather...
Beware of backhanded compliments. If you heed the critics and the advance press, you might have heard that the Stage Door Theatre's Our Sinatra, the long-running musical imported from New York City, is a stylish cabaret revue. This is true, and that's good, and it's also not so good. Our...
Supervisor of elections (LePore) and special projects coordinator (Ingram), Palm Beach CountyIf anyone is determined that the fall elections of 2002 be far different from those in 2000, it’s Theresa LePore. Despite the rage, bitterness, scorn, and “Jews for Buchanan” jokes heaped upon her and her office, she has remained focused on the mission of improving the voting process in Palm Beach County. Once the state […]
There are two dollar bills tucked into Pamela Canellas's cleavage. A flurry of boa feathers sprouting from the base of her ponytail and floating down half the length of her five-foot, three-inch body, Canellas is working her French manicure into the sides of her red-sequined Charo getup. Here, in the...
Deftly marrying ancient and modern, the organic with the synthetic, and heartfelt emotion with complete and utter alienation, Lumin's intriguing sophomore effort, Hadra, is a study in colorful contradictions. Best described as Middle East-meets-West electronica, this is ancient folk music birthed from the worldly womb of a laptop. Well, not...
Small-business restaurateurs, listen up: I have discovered the key to success. Forget about offering value for money or supplying a hitherto-overlooked cultural demand or even trying to please your regular customers. If you really want to make a go of your culinary foray, all you have to do is paint...
With its first two studio albums (Bring It On and Liquid Skin) and an odds and sods collection (Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline), Gomez crafted a sound that was rooted in the bluesy and soulful grooves of '70s pop/rock but powered by a youthful energy and contemporary perspective. This approach helped...
Is the good Rev. Kennedy, well, you know...? I just wanted to say Ashley Fantz put together a great story about Richard Murphy defense of homosexual rights against one of the most powerful homophobes in today's world of televised evangelism, the Rev. James Kennedy ("Cross Purposes," May 2). It's amazing...
