David Levesque, the artist behind Gainesville-based act Levek, is unabashed about his love for the crackling, cinematic sounds of yesteryear. When other twentysomething solo acts zigged and took the easy route into laptop electronic music, Levesque zagged, turning instead to obscure ’60s soundtracks and folk LPs for inspiration. Inspired by that mid-century orchestral sound, from [...]
To South Floridians, St. Augustine is remote, uncharted turf, a place you might have visited on a family road trip, full of piratey old town streets and surreally, blissfully empty beaches. But that city, the state’s oldest, is rising artist Levek’s chosen home base after a peripatetic young adulthood spent first in Orlando and Gainesville. [...]
Another Friday afternoon, another weekend is here. In all honestly, this weekend in South Florida seems just average to slightly above — your regular weekend party staples are still happening, and there remains a handful of special events. It’s just not one of those insane weekends where you get stressed in advance trying to juggle [...]
Salty Eggs was excited to be on site for Green Room’s Saturday Caturday party, a T.C.O. event with kitty art, cat fashion, cat costumes, and a performance by cat-crazy (we mean that as a compliment!) band Radioboxer. Part of the proceeds went to benefit the Cat Network, which recruited volunteers and adopted out at least [...]
Yes, that picture to the right really happened. That’s an adorable orange tabby named Rufio modeling a piece from a business that’s likely the first of its kind in South Florida: an inter-species clothing line dubbed Kitten Empire. The project of musician Jonny Veo, the line specializes, so far, in custom, punk-inspired outerwear for cats, [...]
Saturday is always Caturday, but this particular Saturday, Green Room in Fort Laduerdale takes the celebration to a new level with an entire party devoted to felines. As usual, that means an evening of music, with a live performance (and fan-submitted cat visuals!) by Miami’s Radioboxer, as well as DJ sets by residents Migs and [...]
This weekend, flashy events — Fashion Week Swim and the like — occupy most of the usual Miami-Dade party-circuit stomping grounds. So it’s as good a weekend as ever to keep things in downtown Fort Lauderdale. There, Saturday offers two intimate shows worth checking out if your ears are open to unexpected and, often unapologetic, [...]
Local tattooists and tattoo enthusiasts crowded Green Room Friday for a tribute to the late shock artist Telle Crooks. The second event of its kind at the downtown Fort Lauderdale nightclub, the Art of Tattoo 2 featured DJs, a performance by Web3, and works by local tattoo artists. Photos by Valyn Calhoun: Check out our [...]
Energized by a new band, a new label, and a new album, TEEPEE’s Erix S. Laurent is marking an exciting turning point in his career. So in anticipation of his group’s Saturday show at Green Room, Laurent spoke with Salty Eggs about his beginnings, the laws of nature that influence him musically, and a few [...]
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 [...]
