I’m the first to admit I have a bleeding heart. It doesn’t take much for me to feel sorry for someone. That’s why my first feeling when I heard about Jonah Lehrer was pity. He’s 31-years-old, and his career is probably over. Jonah Lehrer was a boy wonder. He’d reached a point that journalists twice [...]
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. There was once a time when Rod Stewart was one of the most revered voices in all of rock music, before he sold every last drop of piss and vinegar in his sad British bones for dreams of disco songs, AM radio, and most recently, jazz standards. There was [...]
What fuels both critics and fervent fans of the unofficial king of Miami, Pitbull, is that he often seems to be playing a caricature of himself. Call it either shameless hamming or razor-sharp management of a personal brand, but the man born Armando Perez never, ever loses his cool. In his latest incarnation as an [...]
Mitt Romney in Israel, July 29: I come here and I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the people of this nation, I recognize the power of at least culture and a few other things … As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which [...]
Well, I might as well get on my soapbox about this like the rest of America already has. To liberals: Why now, exactly? I knew about Chick-fil-A’s “hate chicken” when I was in high school, and that was almost 20 years ago. I also don’t order from Domino’s Pizza or shop at Walmart, because I [...]
Thanks in large part to Henry Stone’s legendary TK Records and related imprints, MIami churned out a considerable number of soul, R&B, funk, and disco hits from the ’60s through the ’80s. Now, one of the early stars of this period, Gwen McCrae, needs hometown help. McCrae, age 68, suffered a massive stroke this past [...]