Archive | August, 2012

A Tribute to Blues Man Big Poppa E

The South Florida blues scene has suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Musi “Big Poppa E” Faisal. The popular Miami-based vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player died on Saturday following a heart attack. He was 64. The first time I met Poppa, he was performing in a tiny storefront café in North Miami [...]

Dear Allen: Hurricane Isaac, I Will See You in Hell

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 [...]

Danation: Charlie Crist Swings Both Ways

Big Slick has returned from the political wilderness, as we all knew he would. Charlie Crist was too good a politician to stay out of the game. In an op-ed published in the Tampa Bay Times Sunday, the day the Republican National Convention was set to begin in that newspaper’s city, the former Republican governor [...]

Mayday! Enjoys Homecoming Show, New Fan Infusion This Friday at Grand Central

Hip-hop six-piece Mayday! is the latest breakout success story from Miami, with their new EP, Thrift Store Halos, debuting at number three on the iTunes hip-hop chart the first week of its release. But rather than catch a hype cycle, the guys of the band have built up an intensely devoted grassroots following through relentlessly [...]

In Defense of Martin Amis, Coming to Books & Books Sunday (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Martin Amis’s appearance at Books & Books has been canceled today due to Tropical Storm Isaac. Whether the event will be rescheduled is unclear. Martin Amis is a classist—at least that’s what many have been saying in reference to his latest book Lionel Asbo: The State of England. Taking the book at face value, [...]

California Bill Will Deem Reparative Therapy Abuse, But What About Raising Children in Certain Faiths?

California’s Senate Bill 1172 shall soon be on its way to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown, where it will almost certainly become law. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, bans the administering of “reparative therapy” to minors. That is, it prohibits parents from hiring psychiatrists, psychologists, or counselors to de-gay [...]

Local Album of the Week: “Mutant Meat” by Suede Dudes

Just looking at the name, listeners over the age of 30 may associate Fort Lauderdale’s Suede Dudes with the shoegazing 1990s act Suede (a.k.a. London Suede). But these older listeners should be quickly dissuaded from this ill-advised free association with the opening notes of Mutant Meat, which came out Aug. 21. The metallic guitar work [...]

No Country for Pop Stars: Can Robert Elias Find His Way in South Florida’s Musical Landscape?

Robert Elias is a pop musician in the truest sense of the term: an adorably groomed specimen with a knack for injecting danceability and universally relatable lyrics into the same song. Based in Miami, he once explained to our very own Arielle Castillo that, as a purveyor of a sound unfriendly to both Churchill’s and [...]

Landmark West Palm Beach Venue Respectable Street Celebrates 25 Years on Saturday

Allan Bowron, general manager and booker for the now-legendary West Palm Beach club Respectable Street, joined the venue’s staff in 2005. But really, he’s been with the place from the beginning, when it opened in 1987. As a disaffected teen from Atlanta visiting his mother in South Florida, he’d wait in lines that wrapped around [...]

Danation: Todd Akin Is Too Stupid to Serve — He’s Not the Only One

Much outrage has already been made over Republican senatorial candidate — and current congressman — Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment. Salty Eggs has written about it, and I mentioned it in my last post here as well. Almost all of the commentary has centered on how incredibly offensive the comment was, as though there were [...]

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