Six Greatest Weirdo Pop Queens of All Time

Rolling Stone created a Queen of Pop Index, ranking the top 16 female pop recording artists of the last two years by examining, according to them, “album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards, and critics’ ratings.” Mostly because of their limited timeframe,…

Harry Shearer Talks The Big Uneasy and New Orleans’s Real Enemy

Many regard Hurricane Katrina as “the big one” thanks to media coverage emphasizing the strength of the storm and the extent of the damage. Comedian, writer, and actor Harry Shearer wrote and directed The Big Uneasy to correct the public’s perception of what happened on August 29, 2005. It wasn’t…

Motown Brunch Brought Soul and Quiche to the Design District

Motown and brunch, together, are the perfect elixirs for any Sunday morning hangover or soul sickness. Leonardo Valencia revived a musical brunch this weekend, which he started years back in Brooklyn when he had both money and cooking skills, and his friends didn’t. And yesterday, along with Patti Hernandez and…

Estelle’s Coming to Town! But 99 Jamz Isn’t Saying Where

Even though it came out in 2008, ​Estelle’s “American Boy” featuring Kanye West sounds like the best of the dance ’90s, deliciously Moloko-like. It’s mature, melodic, and completely enjoyable. That’s what the classy Brit seems to be about. And the chanteuse is coming to South Florida thanks to 99 Jamz,…

Rat Bastard Performance and Lecture at the end/SPRING BREAK Tomorrow

​Usually, the middle of summer sucks. But this time around, wandering event space the end/SPRING BREAK has saved us from July by inviting crazy people with all sorts of audio agendas into its current squatting spot (155 NE 38 St., Miami) for some Summer Ear Conditioning. Of course, no Miami…

Slashpine Talks Black Metal, Forsaken Florida, and Death Art

​If you sense low rumblings, heavy crowd enthusiasm, and dark growls from behind the doors of music venues and art shows all over town, betcha it’s Slashpine. This three-man band has the raddest, most organic name for a metal group based in Florida, ever. These young dudes are all experienced…

What to Expect at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Besides Copious Nipples

​This weekend, the strangest, richest, and phoniest folks will be sashaying out of the woodwork to catch a glimpse of 2012 swimwear collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. No matter what the fashion bloggers tell you, when it comes to style, Miami is no Milan. But, let’s give us at least one point…

No Meat at Moz: What to Leave Home When Going to Other Concerts

We all know that meat is murder thanks to both the nature of what meat actually is (you know, dead animal flesh) and the vegetarian wails of sad pop king Morrissey. But now the quirky musical god has hit new levels of dietary restriction. As The Daily Mirror explains, “Stunned…

Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari Joke-Interview Each Other, Sort Of

Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari make us nervous. We can’t keep our mouths shut before they enter the room at the Fontainebleau, but once they’re in there, we get shy. The two actors are visiting Miami to promote their upcoming movie, 30 Minutes or Less, which is due out this August…

Live Band Seizurely Plays for Strippers at Bare Necessity

​As Bambi, one of the strippers, watched a jazz and funk band perform for the all-nude female dancers at Bare Necessity yesterday afternoon, she declared good-naturedly, “It’s a good alternative to brunch!” When we walked into the lounge, Seizurely was playing “Shake Your Groove Thing” as a thick-bodied stripper lazily…

Forrest Shaw Brings Comedy Night to Elwoods Gastropub

Early on in Forrest Shaw’s comedy career, a guest spot at the Improv put him in front of an enthusiastically unappreciative crowd. He told us, “When you first start out, all your jokes are about masturbating.” While telling a joke on the sensitive subject, hand moving back and forth in…

Film Review: Hobo with a Shotgun Has Heart, Boobs, and Blood

​A nameless homeless man arrives at his new home by train. He enters what the chief of police calls “Fucktown” to which he welcomes the tramp before holding him down so that a couple of douchebags might carve the word “scum” into his chest.The film Hobo with a Shotgun was…