Archive | July, 2012

Get Dark With White Ring and Death Face Tomorrow Night at Green Room

Ugh, “witch house.” As blog readers and writers, maybe we can all now collectively pretend that term never arose a couple years back. Like “chillwave” and other non-genres before and since, witch house’s short moment revolved around lumping a bunch of loosely similar acts together, and then watching as the wannabes came running with their [...]

Cowardice and Imbecility: Mitt Romney and the Profitability of Aborted Fetuses

The world has known since January that Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney, makes millions off the disposal of aborted fetuses. Pro-life Mitt fans consoled themselves with Bain’s assurance that the company didn’t enter the fetus-trashing biz until after Romney left to run the Olympics. (That Romney profited from the deal [...]

Book Review: Alberto Manguel’s All Men Are Liars

The first assumption when you see the title of Alberto Manguel’s All Men are Liars is that it must be a bitter manifesto by a shunned lover, or possibly a book filled with dating advice for women. But those who are familiar with Manguel know better. Rather, All Men are Liars is a mystery written with [...]

It Doesn’t Matter If Lady Arm Wrestling Is Feminist. It Matters That It Works.

(Ed. note: After much debate on this site and elsewhere over the nature of feminism and ladies’ arm wrestling, we give the final word, fittingly enough, to a ladies’ arm-wrestling referee.) A couple weeks ago, women from nine U.S. cities gathered in Charlottesville, Va., for the national championship of ladies’ arm wrestling. It was mid-June [...]

Miami Musician Teepee Gets a Full Band, Plays Green Room Next Week

I first learned of Teepee’s existence back in 2009. Erix S. Laurent had been playing on the local circuit for a couple years and been a skilled musician for much longer, multifaceted as a gem and equally, sonically beautiful. He’s since established a reputation for being a protean wizard, his works traversing a sensory soundscape [...]

Danation: Rick Scott Hates the Health Care Industry … Wait, What?

So, as anyone who knows Gov. Moon Lizard knows, the man was once in charge of the largest for-profit hospital chain in the country. That ended badly. But that doesn’t mean the governor is now a foe of the health-care industry he once had to leave in disgrace. Indeed, he was right back onboard the [...]

Despite the Heat, FAT Village Art Walk Converted This Attendee, Saturday

Art walks, like all festival-type events, demand much from attendees, who must find a parking spot, wade through crowds that may or may not contain awkward acquaintances and extend their attention beyond themselves to take an interest in others. Sigh. Such outdoor events in Florida’s sweltering June heat tax the body as much as the [...]

Dear Allen: There Is a Time to Vote and a Time to Kill

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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