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Letters
Letters for September 4-10, 2008
Published: September 4, 2008
Water Is Not Water One quote that really made me laugh in "Kick the Bottle" by Lee Klein (August 14) was: "Water is water." No, it isn't! Have you ever wondered why so many...
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Music
The Gentleman Classicist
Chris Isaak keeps his croon intact
By John Hood
Published: September 4, 2008
It's been almost 25 years since Chris Isaak slipped his debut album, Silvertone, on to the pop music scene, but it could just as easily have been yesterday — or a half...
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Music
Takin' Care of Business
A changing music industry means business as usual for All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: September 4, 2008
All That Remains frontman and bandleader Phil Labonte has no worries about how recent changes in the music industry have made it increasingly difficult for bands to remain...
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Dred Scott!
Brazilian Forró Star Chico César Returns
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: September 4, 2008
For a variety of reasons, Latin American proponents of music from the native lands often pretend that race and class aren't relevant when it comes to music. But listen to the...
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Outtakes
Enough With Bossa Nova
Brazilian guitarist Lulu Santos rocks South Florida after a four-year absence
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: September 4, 2008
Legendary guitarist, singer, and songwriter Lulu Santos can no longer bear to hear about the 50th anniversary of the bossa nova movement, an occasion that is being milked...
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Outtakes
No More "Sweet Home Alabama"
Local cover band Panic Disorder finally releases an album of originals
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: September 4, 2008
One unfortunate aspect of South Florida's music scene is that there isn't nearly enough room for bands making original music to thrive financially. There are only so many...
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Outtakes
Subterranean Finds
Exceptional new albums you should check out that reside well below the surface...
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: September 4, 2008
The Avett Brothers The Second Gleam Yours truly first discovered this North Carolina trio — two brothers and their buddy on bass — in 2006 at the remarkable...
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Night Watch
Gator Is a Vegetable
One way to lose the blues is singin' the blues. Or sparring with Kilmo at the Alley.
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: September 4, 2008
There are days that just fucking suck. Maybe you notice some weird rash after a recent one-night stand. Maybe you lose your job and come home early to find Mom in bed with the...
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Pub Stalker
Howl at the Moon
By Bryan Falla
Published: September 4, 2008
Even as the recession sweeps Fort Lauderdale bare of cash-spending nightwalkers, Howl at the Moon manages to bring out a raucous crowd. By midnight, this wide-open bar on the...
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Live Wire
Buika
By Mark Keresman
Published: September 4, 2008
Buika (pronounced BWEE-kah) was born María Concepción Balboa Buika on the Spanish island of Mallorca. If that's not spicy enough for you, her parents were...
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Subtropical
Roach Motel
By Abel Folgar
Published: September 4, 2008
If you know your Florida punk rock, you'll know the mighty Roach Motel, the Sunshine State's highly un-PC answer to Minor Threat. This CD compiles pretty much every RM song...
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Short Cuts
Frank Zappa
By Mark Keresman
Published: September 4, 2008
Sometime in the early 1970s, Frank Zappa wearily stated during a TV interview that average rock fans generally liked music they didn't have to try too hard to fathom —...
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Live Wire
Yellowman
By Lady English
Published: September 4, 2008
Preparing for a bout of sexiness, the original "King of the Dancehall" — Yellowman — returns to South Florida's shores with his slack lyrics and wry sense of humor....
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Short Cuts
Rachid Taha
By Braden Ruddy
Published: September 4, 2008
Rachid Taha's music treads a distinct line between two worlds, rooted in his experiences as an Algerian immigrant living in France. For those unfamiliar with the 49-year-old...
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Live Wire
Marc Anthony
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: September 4, 2008
The mixed response that Nuyorican actor, singer, and songwriter Marc Anthony received for his role in last year's El Cantante (the much-hyped biopic of tragic salsa pioneer...
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Short Cuts
The Baseball Project
By Mark Keresman
Published: September 4, 2008
Long before sports strikes, steroid scandals, and Madonna trysts reared their homely heads, baseball was considered America's great national pastime. As devotion to the game...
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Short Cuts
Shwayze
By Ben Westhoff
Published: September 4, 2008
Most everything you need to know about horny, go-getting Los Angeles newcomer Shwayze can be gleaned from lines like this one from "Polaroid": "Woke up with a semi-hard dick/In...
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Live Wire
Bendy Pastorius Group
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: September 4, 2008
The Bendy Pastorius Group isn't playing straight-ahead bop by any means, but its funk-tinged electric jazz still swings, and it's lively enough to make folks want to get up and...
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Dish
The Fourth Element
Café Seville doesn't rest on its leches
By Gail Shepherd
Published: September 4, 2008
In her amusing memoir Serial Monogamy, Nora Ephron remembers how she used to cook for Craig Claiborne in her head, spinning fantasies of having this man she'd never met come to...
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Film
In the Heat of the Knight
Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 4, 2008
And so, another summer movie season comes to an end not with a bang but with a whimper — what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D., Bangkok Dangerous, College,...
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