Archive | April 20, 2012

Twenty Local Tastemakers Weigh in on Their Most Anticipated Record Store Day Releases

Record Store Day is upon us, and if you’re not like us, you’re wondering what to buy. The reason that you’re not like us, if you’re asking that question, is because we’ve already asked every vinylhead we know what to buy on Record Store Day. And for your benefit — because we love you very, [...]

Axe and the Oak Emerge From Their Cave to Play Sweatstock

Above all else, Miami trio the Axe and the Oak trade in scarcity and outsider-ness. The band, whose core is frontman Sander Willig and bassist Myles Kaplan, seem to almost deliberately cultivate mystery. Their live performances are rare, spooky, spookily polished, even. Their sound is tight but twangy, full of minor-key reverb and Willig’s emotive [...]

Carole King’s ‘A Natural Woman’ Is Heartbreakingly Honest

Carole King was 15 years old when she walked into the office of ABC-Paramount’s head of A&R and landed herself a recording contract. So begins the incredible career of this legendary singer and songwriter, whose memoir came out April 10. A tale of evolution beginning with a teenage girl following her dreams and ending (for now) [...]

Pool Party Will Make a Big Splash at Sweatstock Saturday

Here’s the story of cult punk foursome Pool Party as they — and their small, but rabid circle of longtime fans — would have you believe. The members first met some 10 years ago when they bumped into each other while searching for drugs on the bathroom floor of the long-defunct South Miami club 5922. [...]

What You Need to Buy on Record Store Day. Says Who? Says Me.

When Salty Eggs asked me to come up with “four or five” picks among the many Record Store Day releases to tout as must-buys, I figured it was a cake assignment. Just look through the list, write up a handful that pique my interest, and call it done. The assignment proved more difficult than I [...]

Dear Allen: In Which the Fla. Congressman Fields Your Questions

Note from the Editor: In the tradition of “Congressman’s Corner,” Salty Eggs has invited Rep. Allen West to field questions from his South Florida constituents. Until we get a response to our query, we will do our best to answer questions on his behalf, based on what we know of his temperament and politics. Dear [...]

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Dear Allen: Apparently, This Libtarded Website Won an Award

by Salty Eggs Staff

Note from the editor: In the tradition of “Congressman’s Corner,” Salty Eggs has invited former Rep. Allen West to field questions from his South Florida constituents. Having not received a response to our query, we must do our best to answer questions on his behalf, based on what we know of his temperament and politics. [...]

Miami Gallery Locust Projects Celebrates 15 Years With Spring Fling

by Monica Uszerowicz

Locust Projects’ upcoming Spring Fling marks its 15th birthday, but this entire year will serve as one fluid celebration for the organization and gallery, whose projects, endeavors, and overall contribution to the community are as multifaceted as a gemstone. Founded in 1998 by a trio of Miami artists—Elizabeth Withstandley, COOPER, and Westen Charles—exhibits at this [...]

Why Wasn’t All the Spring Breakers Hate Dumped on On The Road?

by Adam Katzman

If you go to the On the Road website, which works Kerouac’s rallying cry about “the mad ones” into HTML shorthand, you’ll notice an attempt to meme the movie into modern relevance. Be it “Were you born into the wrong generation? How would you fare with the Beats?” (hashtagged #TheMadOnes) or “Have you done your [...]

For Cinco de Mayo, Honor Mexican Culture by Reading This Book (Before Heading Out for Margaritas, Of Course)
May 4, 2012
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, the celebration of Mexico’s unlikely victory over France at the 1862 Battle of Puebla. While most of us will celebrate with a night of margaritas (not that there’s anything

The Trayvonizing of America: How One Dead Black Kid Becomes a Political Football
April 19, 2012
Trayvon Martin is a martyr. He died defending gay rights. Don’t agree? Then you’re a hopeless reactionary, and probably a racist and a sexist to boot. Or so you might be led to believe

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