Yeah, yeah. Obama won last night’s debate. Everyone says so. In fact, he killed it. The same CBS poll on the “who won the debate?” question that gave Romney a 23-point advantage after the first debate — and thus started the ball rolling among pundits that Romney had knocked it out of the park — [...]
Nearly everything about the Dwarves, the infamous punk band that emerged in mid-’80s Chicago, seemed calculated to offend. The band’s early specialty was to catch audiences by surprise, and, basically, disgust and exhaust as many of them as possible. If an early Dwarves show lasted past 15 minutes, then you were lucky (or, unlucky, depending [...]
Rap-rave trio Die Antwoord brought its delightfully raw brand of hip-hop to a packed Culture Room last night. It was an impressive Fort Lauderdale debut, and included a stage-dive kick to the head for one lucky audience member. Metaphor for the duo’s impact on current streams of hip-hop and rap? Judging by the vibe in [...]
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 [...]
