The laughing arrives first, echoing down the hallway. Then comes the commotion. Bodyguards and business associates enter the room, walking slowly backward so as not to lose sight of their smiling, boisterous, broad-shouldered boss. The cameras roll. The laughing continues. The man enters. And he sparkles. Literally. Overhead lights and...
Face it: Whether you love or loathe the Darkness, the group's songs are catchy. It's been scientifically proven that once you hear "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," from Permission to Land, it stays in your head for at least 1.5 hours. The exact notes lead singer Justin Hawkins...
Pamela Wright Readers Choice: Jackie Johnson, WSVN-TV (Channel 7)Look, we don’t want to rain on weathercasters’ parades, but they are at the very bottom of the television news ladder. Half of them steal their forecasts from the National Weather Service, and they’re still wrong a lot. Their greatest talent, generally speaking, is the ability to pretend they’re looking at an imaginary map. And […]
Pamela Wright Readers Choice: Jackie Johnson, WSVN-TV (Channel 7)Look, we don’t want to rain on weathercasters’ parades, but they are at the very bottom of the television news ladder. Half of them steal their forecasts from the National Weather Service, and they’re still wrong a lot. Their greatest talent, generally speaking, is the ability to pretend they’re looking at an imaginary map. And […]
... to party like this SUN 5/2 Can't make it to Africa this week? Try the Anne Kolb Nature Center (751 Sheridan St., Hollywood) instead. Ndakhte Ndiaye, who bounces between her native Senegal and the U.S., organizes a "Village Gathering" on the first Sunday of every other month from 5...
Local daredevils test their man-powered machines SAT 4/24 "He's the strangest dude I ever met," Rodrigo Lima says of teammate Dan Bigalow, whom he plans to push off a giant papier-mâché camel into the waters of Biscayne Bay. The two young men, along with friends Rodrigo Davila and Crystal Lense,...
At the mere mention of the title of Anne Louis and Joyce Bandler's new book, Predicting the Penis, Jamie, a raspy-voiced, brunet bartender, explodes: "They're lesbians trapped in a heterosexual mind frame, and they have no fucking idea what they're talking about.... How the hell do they know? Some guys...
The times, that is: Hats off to Christopher Smith for the February 19 cover illustration of Courtney Hambright. ("Drunk Side of the Moon") He captured her to a T! Now the question is, does Hambright do her male impersonation at bookings or exclusively at the Downtowner? She has set the...
THU 1/8 If you're a butterfly lover and feel as if there's no one else out there who understands your winged desires, take heart. The North American Butterfly Association holds a meeting for the Broward County Chapter at the South Plantation High School Media Center (1300 SW 54th Ave., Plantation)...
I persecute Christians. David Limbaugh says so and he's famous radioman Rush's brother, so it must be true. The uncle of Dittoheads across the land came out with a best-selling book this fall titled Persecution: How Liberals are Waging War Against Christianity. Just to make sure you don't miss the...
The Pompano Beach water scandal is starting to feel like a bad dream, or a Dolphins game at New England, or, worse, a Terry Gilliam movie, non-Monty Python. Faces change, nonsense is uttered, awful things keep happening, and the thing just won't end. Now, high levels of dangerous lead --...
Somewhere between the twist and the sit-in was a musical experience unlike any other. Between the first British invasion and the first rock opera was the most energetic, honest, exciting music ever created." Those sentences, penned by South Florida record collector/historian Jeff Lemlich, are perhaps the best ever written to...
It's been too long since Joe Buffalino has smiled. We've been in the rumbling Greyhound bus for going on 30 hours now, and any sign of happiness has long passed into boredom. But he has reason to smile now. From behind the chemical plants spread like moss over northern New...
What people read is their own business. So what if it's deliciously erotic, politically unpopular, or untraditional and avant-garde? That's the philosophy of plenty of librarians and other personal-liberties enthusiasts. Freedom from censorship is also the theme of the current "Banned Books Week," which concludes Saturday. During the event, the...
Driving his Yellow Cab taxi down A1A, Jay Cunningham is on a mission. "The other drivers call me Don Quixote," he says with a slight New England accent. "But really, I'm just stubborn." On this recent Saturday morning, Cunningham is patrolling Fort Lauderdale Beach. The weather is perfect. Tourists bustle...
At six foot one, 365 pounds, Richard Nielsen Jr. was a man-giant with huge arms that hung from broad thick shoulders. On his left biceps was an enormous tattoo of a fisherman above a line from the Book of Psalms: "They that go down to the sea in ships." Though...
THU 6/26 With the megamoney rolling through the northern county, it's amazing how we're only in year two of the annual Palm Beach County Boat Show. In keeping with the excess of the area, the event promises more than 250,000 square feet of boats and nautical displays, with some of...
Krisztian Katona's inviting smile hints at his unhindered optimism. Nothing seems to bother the 25-year-old with the wire-rimmed glasses, thin goatee, and wave of brown hair that crashes gently around his head. He speaks with a slow eloquence that gives his Eastern European accent a soothing rhythm. "Krisztian just likes...
Having seemingly exhausted all permutations of the sports-comedy formula (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, et al.), Ron Shelton has now moved on to another obsession: the Los Angeles Police Department. Earlier this year, we got the uncharacteristically somber (for him, anyway) Dark Blue, a "what if" tale of the...
Usually, Sebastian Ordoñez is a race-car driver only when he's pushing toy cars across his bedroom floor. The 8-year-old will sputter engine noises between his lips as he maneuvers imaginary Formula One racetracks all over the globe. "In like Brazil, Australia, lots of places," he says. He'll be a star...
When I outed Congressman Mark Foley in my last column, I knew it would raise some hackles. I figured some would question whether the Palm Beach County Republican's sexual orientation was politically relevant. And I expected the mainstream media would leave it alone, even though it's inevitable that the issue...
The patron´s film-review kiosk at Sunrise Cinemas at GatewayOur 2001 winner of the Best Independent Cinema has the most gay-themed films outside of a queer film festival, making it a great place for boys with brains or a penchant for art films to hook up. The kiosk to the left of the concession stand beats out even Holiday Park for cruising. The four-sided […]
