Archive | July 17, 2012

Last Night: Beach Day Kicked Off East Coast Tour at Radio-Active Records

Three-piece, surf-inflected garage rock band Beach Day celebrated the release of its first official 7-inch record with a show at Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale last night. Despite the fact that the band competed with a monsoon-like thunderstorm for fans’ attention, a crowd of 70 eager local fans showed up, phone cameras set to video, [...]

R.I.P.: A Tribute to Deep Purple’s Jon Lord

Lurking in the depths of every musician’s soul resides another, completely frustrated musician. The general consensus is that most guitarists want to be drummers, most drummers wish to be lead singers, and the lion’s share of bass players often fancy themselves lead guitarists. As a guitarist, I follow suit by holding a bit of a [...]

Modest Proposals: A Trump-Inspired List of Political Deals

In keeping with his humble role as America’s modern King Solomon, Donald Trump has recently offered to broker a trade on behalf of this Godly nation’s two contenders for the highest office: If President Barack Obama releases his college transcripts, says Trump, then perhaps Gov. Mitt Romney can be persuaded to release his taxes. I lack Donald [...]

Book Review: The Suspenseful Jack 1939 Is Perfect for Lazy, Summer Beach Reading

There are loads of great literary works still light enough for enjoyable beach reading. However, not everyone is going to spend the summer brushing up on the classics – and they shouldn’t feel pressured to. We are busy and a lot of us don’t even have time to sit down with a copy of our favorite [...]

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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 [...]

Danation: The Florida Shuffle
May 16, 2012
The congressional newspaper The Hill has put out its hot Florida races summation, and most of it’s the sort of conventional-wisdom, horse-race-watching claptrap you’d expect out of a D.C. newspaper writing about congressional races

RIP Jenni Rivera: Not Just a Latin Music Icon, But a Progressive Ally, Too
December 11, 2012
Sunday marked a devastating loss for the Latin music community with the death of Jenni Rivera, a Long Beach, California-based artist dubbed the “queen of grupero.” After a concert in Monterrey, Mexico, around 3:30

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