Wyclef Jean can be a frustrating read. He whines a lot. (It’s not fair that everyone says Lauryn Hill was the real talent in the Fugees! He has more hits!); he can be somewhat duplicitous toward his loved ones. (He tried to run for president of Haiti against both his uncle and an old friend [...]
Last time, we talked about the losing campaign of Mexican-American presidential candidate Willard M. Romney. This time, let’s look through the other losing prospect facing Republicans — control of the U.S. Senate. Over the summer, especially prior to the conventions, back in June and July, all the speculation was that the GOP would wrest control [...]
Danielle Ofri, a doctor writing Thursday on the New York Times‘ Well blog, considers why women haven’t ascended the top ranks of the medical field as much as men. The post starts off with an anecdote about how bathroom-door reversal — which makes ingress and egress easier for pregnant women and those with bags and [...]
If there is anything M83 is good at — at least when listening to him (them) in my room — it’s encapsulating a feeling I know exists, that I know is tangible and real, but that I do not usually have access to unless I’m listening to them. A show at the Miami Beach Fillmore [...]
Last night, a few noteworthy shows rolled through South Florida, with Florence and the Machine playing to fashionistas in Broward, and M83 hypnotizing hipsters at the Fillmore Miami Beach. This made for a nice sifting effect on the crowd at Grand Central, where hardcore/punk “supergroup” Off! was headlining. The quartet, led by Keith Morris of [...]
Tomorrow’s Off! show at Grand Central in Miami is pretty much a hardcore history nerd’s dream. Of course, the headliners themselves boast impressive credentials. Frontman Keith Morris, of course, did time in the iconic Circle Jerks as well as Black Flag, and former bands from the rest of the members include Burning Brides, Redd Kross, [...]
Well, we’re a month out from the presidential election, more or less, and most of the punditry seems to be coming around to the opinion I’ve had for the whole race, which is that Mexican-American presidential candidate Willard M. Romney is an abysmal candidate who stands about as much chance of living in the White [...]
Author Junot Diaz’s appearance this past Saturday at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, in an event sponsored by Books and Books, was part reading and signing but mostly a rousing pep talk. Yes, Diaz, who won the Pulitzer for his 2007 novel The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, dutifully read two passages from his [...]
Grant James sifts through new releases each week to bring us some of the good, the bad, and the grating. These are all available at Radio-Active Records. Don’t hold it against them. Carly Rae Jepsen, Kiss Carly Rae Jepsen’s Kiss is exactly what you would expect from the “Call Me Maybe” pop-starlet. With the recently released single “This Kiss,” [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
