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Tailpipe
Kiss Me Not
Poetry for the Horny
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: August 7, 2008
Chris Imperial, the imposing host of spoken-word events at Delray Beach restaurant Dada, invited New Times writer Amy Guthrie to judge venue's Durty Werdz poetry slam last...
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News
Man Up, Charlie!
Build 'im. Dress 'im. Elect 'im.
By Thomas Francis
Published: August 7, 2008
It's crunch time in the Republican VP sweepstakes. If Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants to win, he has to outrun the rumor that he's light in the loafers. Getting engaged was a...
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Music
Pay What You Want
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails gave their music away. But how does that work for smaller artists?
By Karla Starr
Published: August 7, 2008
Earlier this year, Radiohead released its new album, In Rainbows, on its website using a pay-what-you-wish model. A few months later, Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts I-IV...
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Dred Scott!
Palm Beach Radio Gets a Music Lesson
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: August 7, 2008
It's Thursday afternoon, and I'm sitting at home looking for some new tunes. The playlist on my computer is played out, and surfing MySpace isn't doing it. Then it dawns...
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Outtakes
Making It Do What It Does
Meet your favorite poet's favorite DJ
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: August 7, 2008
An eclectic crowd gathers inside Hollywood's Club Bluster to hear spoken-word poets talk about love, sex, politics, revolution, or anything else that comes to mind. They're...
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Outtakes
Subterranean Finds
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: August 7, 2008
Why "Subterranean Finds"? Because we unearth music radio rarely plays and the critics fail to tout... exceptional sounds residing below the surface and well worth...
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Outtakes
The Joy of Joy Division
A Florida tribute band gives the dark-wave kings new light
By Arielle Castillo
Published: August 7, 2008
If it looks like Ian Curtis, sings like Ian Curtis, and dances like Ian Curtis... and it's onstage in 2008 and you're in Florida, well, it's not Ian Curtis. It's Aaron Branch,...
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Night Watch
The British Are Coming!
London fog in Dania Beach
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: August 7, 2008
With summer heat still in its hellish full swing, it's hard to get the mail without producing enough sweat to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. And that's at night. Go...
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Pub Stalker
Sugar Lounge
By Bryan Falla
Published: August 7, 2008
Sugar Lounge is about as big as your bedroom, but it has all the charm of an Ikea commercial. Silky curtains and velvety couches show off the violet light installations. It's a...
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Live Wire
Rodrigo y Gabriela
By Sam Prestianni
Published: August 7, 2008
Mexican six-string slingers Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are superheroes. Their powers come from channeling the attitude of thrash metal into blazing acoustic...
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Live Wire
Trent Cantrelle
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: August 7, 2008
There's something about listening to the sultry sounds of an L.A. club DJ that makes a person feel like he's really partying. Although it's hard to put your finger on it,...
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Short Cuts
K-Salaam and Beatnick
By Braden Ruddy
Published: August 7, 2008
Hip-hop and reggae, though closely related, often have a precarious dynamic when brought together on wax. What should be an organic formula typically comes off as forced,...
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Live Wire
Maria Rita
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: August 7, 2008
Since the release of her self-titled debut in 2003, Maria Rita has become one of the biggest stars in Brazil's contemporary music scene. Backed simply by piano, acoustic bass,...
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Short Cuts
Roy Hargrove Quintet
By Mark Keresman
Published: August 7, 2008
The man from Waco, jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove emerged on the scene in 1989. Encouraged by no less than Wynton Marsalis, Hargrove was young and sharp enough to be included in...
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Live Wire
Bad Company
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: August 7, 2008
In the world of rock, few artists have played in one meaningful ensemble that will provide for their pension. Gruff-voiced singer Paul Rodgers can bank on three, all of which...
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Short Cuts
The Orb
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: August 7, 2008
It's become way too easy to take the Orb's music for granted at this stage in the electronic outfit's illustrious career. This new album should make it less so, as it clearly...
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Short Cuts
Beck
By Michael Roberts
Published: August 7, 2008
Danger Mouse is arguably the most adventurous producer to tackle a Beck project since the Dust Brothers helped birth a 1996 baby called Odelay (the Dusters' return for 2004's...
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Dish
Reading the Fish Bones
Choose wisely, dine well at Blue Fish
By Gail Shepherd
Published: August 7, 2008
I'm not eating any more tuna. That's right. No more blathering in this column about that unctuous piece of bluefin toro I had at Salvatore's Sushi Shack; no more blissed-out...
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Film
True Bromance
Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 7, 2008
On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks and geeks who have made Judd...
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Artbeat
"So This Is Florida"
By Marya Summers
Published: August 7, 2008
"So This Is Florida" sums up life on the peninsula in many different ways. To start with, the exhibition of decorative book bindings and book jackets is state-themed. More...
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