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Feature
Backbreaker
A half-kilo of blow, machine-gun blasts, and a millionaire chiropractor. Does this make sense?
By Thomas Francis
Published: July 10, 2008
On April 1, as dusk settled on Bal Harbour, Dr. David Goroway parked his white Toyota Tundra on Collins Avenue. Only a few years ago, when he lived with his wife, a former...
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Music
30 Days and 30 Nights With Timb
After years of grinding in the underground, Timb veers even further from the mainstream
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: July 10, 2008
Timb has heard all the jokes. At 6-foot-3, with bleached-blond hair, morgue-pale skin, and a wardrobe full of industrial fetish attire, the Fort Lauderdale-based singer can be...
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Dred Scott!
Guitar Shorty's Got a Right to Sing the Blues
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: July 10, 2008
David Kearney isn't the type of senior citizen who wants to fade off into retirement. At the age of 72, he still sees himself as a confirmed bachelor, checks his email every...
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Outtakes
Hailing the Heartbrakers
A dedicated scribe recalls the first Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers show ever
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: July 10, 2008
It's not often that one can claim to have witnessed history, but yours truly had just such an opportunity one fall evening back in 1976. The events transpired in rather...
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Outtakes
A Hasidic State of Mind
Matisyahu, Jewish reggae star, spits the facts
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: July 10, 2008
There's a strong push within mainstream music to categorize recording artists and stick them in a box. Case in point — take a look at New York-based reggae chanter...
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Outtakes
Jacksonville Giants
Electric President keeps its end of I-95 alive
By Jason Ferguson
Published: July 10, 2008
Sleep Well, the new album by Electric President, finds the Jacksonville duo of Ben Cooper and Alex Kane expanding on the indie-pop/electronica vibe that won over fans and...
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Night Watch
Xtreme Indoor Karting — You Gotta Have Balls
No place for the testosterone-challenged
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: July 10, 2008
When I was growing up, my father and brothers were very competitive, or, more accurately, completely ruthless at videogames, board games, sports, bowling, air hockey, and...
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Short Cuts
Weezer
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: July 10, 2008
For all his obsession about writing the "perfect" pop song — a preoccupation that has always made Weezer records sound forced and constricted — Rivers Cuomo comes...
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Pub Stalker
Sports Rock Lounge
By Bryan Falla
Published: July 10, 2008
At Sports Rock Lounge, you get more than you'd expect from your neighborhood dive. Here, you get free pool, dirt-cheap alcohol, and animated conversation about topics ranging...
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Live Wire
Nothing Rhymes With Orange
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: July 10, 2008
More than just a handy reminder to aspiring poets and lyricists everywhere, the Miami-based group Nothing Rhymes With Orange strikes a perfect balance of shoegaze, pop, and...
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Subtropical
The Electric Bunnies
By Abel Folgar
Published: July 10, 2008
The Electric Bunnies' music makes me feel like I'm beating off to pornography while my wife sleeps in the same room. Good thing I ain't married and can enjoy the Electric...
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Live Wire
Cat Shell
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: July 10, 2008
How long does it take to fall in love with Cat Shell's voice? Depending upon how open your heart is to melodic, blues-tinged rock 'n' roll, not very long. The gorgeous...
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Short Cuts
Steinski
By Dominic Umile
Published: July 10, 2008
For a while, the groundbreaking work credited to early Tommy Boy Records alumnus Steve "Steinski" Stein felt destined to elude mainstream acceptance forever. While classic...
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Short Cuts
Mates of State
By Ben Westhoff
Published: July 10, 2008
Husband-and-wife team Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner seemingly make gorgeous indie pop songs as easily and casually as the rest of us shower in the morning. Much has changed...
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Live Wire
Dave Matthews Band
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: July 10, 2008
Want to make a hipster snarl? Just utter the following innocuous sentence — "Wanna go see the Dave Matthews Band?" — and watch the fun begin. The mere suggestion of...
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Live Wire
The Art of Xpression
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: July 10, 2008
These days, there aren't a lot of venues left in Broward County to catch live hip-hop. Most of the clubs where the genre used to thrive have either shut down or no longer cater...
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Dish
Spanish on the Fly
Me gusta Saffrón
By Gail Shepherd
Published: July 10, 2008
I came back from a trip to Guatemala last week with two missions: Learn Spanish. And plant some banana trees. Even before I left the States, my future course had started to...
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Film
Going Down
Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 10, 2008
At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if overly familiar and yawningly...
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Film
Devil May Care
Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel
By Chuck Wilson
Published: July 10, 2008
Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, but before this review goes any...
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Artbeat
Color Me New York: Photographs by Benn Mitchell
By Marya Summers
Published: July 10, 2008
A flash course in the history of photography, from a practical documentary medium to a contemporary conceptual one, is available in the photographic gallery at the Boca Museum....
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