This past Friday, the Florida Supreme Court got its first taste of what will be the fight of the next election – redistricting. Florida passed two new state constitution amendments in the 2010 election, one that addressed statewide legislative elections and another that focused on the election of federal congressmen. Each of the amendments offered [...]
It was a sad day back in December when the Monterey Club closed its doors, leaving South Florida Daddy-Os and sharp-banged vixens with nowhere to schmooze on weekend nights. But thanks to those behind the space’s adjoining tattoo shop, Kreepy Tiki, they didn’t have to wait long. 5 Points Lounge now sits in its place [...]
Elliott Sharp’s not the kind of figure prosecutors want to see in a jury pool. With his clean-shaven head and soul patch, the 60-year-old guitarist and composer looks every bit the downtown NYC experimental-music scenester he is. Attorneys might further note his anti-Vietnam war activism; his arrest for flipping off a cop while studying at [...]
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has always made quite a bit of hay out of his surly metalhead persona. When he was dumb, young, and having what could charitably be considered an intermittent relationship with reality, this persona played right into the image of metal as the party of miscreants at the back of the popular music [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
