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Night & Day
Without a Paddle
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
You’ve always been fascinated by China. From its secrecy to its ambitious economic development, you know it’s filled with censored stories. The saga of one...
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Night & Day
Celebrate the Reagan Years in Style
By Brett Gillin
Published: May 22, 2008
When you step back and look at it, the abundance of ’80s themed nights at bars and clubs is pretty disturbing. Why do so many people find it necessary to relive the...
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Night & Day
It's Not Easy Being Green
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
You consider yourself a green avenger: You’re eco-conscious, always brake for puppies, and you keep a stockpile of extra hugs for nearly all animals you encounter, great...
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Night & Day
It’s Not Easy, Being Green
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
You consider yourself a green avenger: You’re eco-conscious, always brake for puppies, and you keep a stockpile of extra hugs for nearly all animals you encounter, great...
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Night & Day
Tangled Up In Bob
By Bill Frogameni
Published: May 22, 2008
Before Dylan got the Beatles stoned, recorded country songs with Johnny Cash, crashed his motorcycle, was born-again, or became a satellite radio DJ, he was just a skinny kid...
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Night & Day
Rockin’ Out Loud for the Cause
By Mike Sauer
Published: May 22, 2008
Guitar Hero may have started as a harmless hobby, but when Rock Band was released last year… well, things got complicated. Instead of jamming quietly on tiny plastic...
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Night & Day
Shadow Boxing
By Sam Eifling
Published: May 22, 2008
Boxing remains a mere shadow of its former self — looking as though the sweet science could use a few more lab credits, perhaps — so the rise of mixed martial arts to...
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Night & Day
13 Years of Fetish
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: May 22, 2008
Dear Fetish Factory: Has it really been 13 years? Why, I was 13 years old myself when I went to your first party. I was a smooth-skinned altar boy with tiny nipples, and you...
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Night & Day
Crick in the Park
By Sam Eifling
Published: May 22, 2008
It’s no exaggeration to say Broward County owns the nicest cricket facility in the United States. That may not seem much of a distinction, given that, in most of this...
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Night & Day
Supercon: Bigger, Better, and Geekier
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
Attention, aspiring wizards, anime enthusiasts, and cosplay superstars: This is your weekend to shine. For three glorious days Weston is transforming its everyday persona: from...
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Night & Day
A Majestic Evening
By D. Sirianni
Published: May 22, 2008
The essence of a Yo! Majesty show is the complete crunk party atmosphere. It’s that type of show, where all comers get carried away by doctored up electro-retro-funk...
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Night & Day
Millions of Entertaining Bastards
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
In every nook of the county there are iconic musical figures: go-to guys whom up-and-coming artists seek out for tutelage. If you need a lesson in noise, you visit Miami’s...
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Stage
Ordinary Politics, Extraordinary People
Florida Stage takes the pulse of the pols in Ordinary Nation
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: May 22, 2008
Too often, the theater scene in SoFla feels like a mid-'90s Spielberg flick. Tons of chops and potential ruined by the mistaken assumption that theater audiences are stone...
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Artbeat
Bernar Venet: New Saturation Paintings
By Marya Summers
Published: May 22, 2008
Math is an abstract art: the poise of its symbols, the rhythmic repetitions of the lines, and rise and fall of its exponents and roots. "Bernar Venet: New Saturation Paintings"...
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Game On
Steven Spielberg goes direct-to-video-game with Boom Blox for the Wii.
By Chris Ward
Published: May 22, 2008
Steven Spielberg may rule Hollywood, but in the video-game biz — the more profitable of the two industries, becoming more so with each passing year — he's a...
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Music
Wizard Rockettes
A local band takes its love for Harry Potter to another level
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 22, 2008
On the surface, Amber Opsincs and Shawn Reed appear to be ordinary 16-year-old girls. Their hair still has that high school sheen, they giggle at each other's jokes in that...
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Live Wire
Debbie Davies
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: May 22, 2008
For her latest album, Blues Blast, 54-year-old blues guitarist Debbie Davies approached the project a bit differently from usual. With a band of all-star musicians, she went...
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Outtakes
Haiti, Stand Up
An American Idol-style competition goes Haitian for a good cause
By Julienne Gage
Published: May 22, 2008
Mum's the word at the first Singers of Haiti concert and idol competition held this Saturday in honor of Haitian Mother's Day and Haitian Heritage Month. That's right —...
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Live Wire
Albert Castiglia
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: May 22, 2008
"Can blue men sing the whites?" That is, of course, a twist on the age-old argument about whether white musicians have suffered enough to sing the blues with any credibility....
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Outtakes
Local Motion
We review some more recent independent South Florida releases
By Abel Folgar
Published: May 22, 2008
This "Vic Kingsley" seems to be a Mr. Vic Garcia, backed by Messrs. Luke Moellman, Jon Draper, and Ethan Carlson at various capacities, organic and otherwise. This 11-tracker...
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