Email Author Greg Baker

1994 Stories by Greg Baker

• Program Notes

  published March 16, 1994

  Up and down, mostly up, as in no sleep, but who needs that anyway? So you get a little dizzy, a few hallucinations and some way strange pains... More >>

• We're with the Band

  published March 9, 1994

  It's about nine o'clock Saturday morning and the rain pounds down. Keith Schantz, manager of the Miami-based rock band Natural Causes, negotiates... More >>

• Program Notes 47

  published March 9, 1994

  Allow me to explain. My life sucks. And I couldn't be more grateful for it. I regret the past and resent the future and find it impossible to live... More >>

• The Big Five Plus One

  published March 9, 1994

  Steve Ellis doesn't seem to mind his day job as much as he resents the difficulties of finding the right musicians to work with. He will moan on... More >>

• Program Notes 46

  published March 2, 1994

  I gotta get out more. I gotta spend more time in the office. I need little but I want more. Still more rumors swirling around Marilyn... More >>

• Program Notes

  published February 23, 1994

  Baker Don't you know who I am? No, me neither. After paying five bucks to not see Nil Lara live at Stephen Talkhouse (see "Butthorn of the... More >>

• Marley's Ghost

  published February 23, 1994

  In this great future you can't forget your past So dry your tears, I say -- Bob Marley This is not a story about Bob Marley.... More >>

• Program Notes 45

  published February 16, 1994

  Now that we publish the paper on Thursday, this column feels even more dated. Of course a daily column in a daily paper is what it'd take to come... More >>

• Girl's Talk

  published February 16, 1994

  Melissa likes girls. Now can we please move on? Five years ago Melissa Etheridge told New Times readers that she had no idea what... More >>

• Program Notes

  published February 9, 1994

  My wife is a genius, but I never mention her because she likes anonymity. (You would too if you were married to me.) She does all kinds of things,... More >>

• Church Music

  published February 9, 1994

  On a weekday afternoon Churchill's Hideaway is not crowded. Elbowing the bar are two older men in dress suits, and a younger man in similar garb.... More >>

• God's Country

  published February 2, 1994

  To me it was one of the coolest things I'd seen in 30 years of visiting the Everglades, but Lenny is from Queens. He didn't even want to stop the... More >>

• Sign Languish

  published February 2, 1994

  The last day of 1988 -- the last day of Miami as a town with competing daily newspapers -- also marked a first: the uniting of Miami News... More >>

• Program Notes 42

  published February 2, 1994

  In the great cosmic connection, karma, whatever you call reality, I'm the man. That's what they say: Dude, you the man. My power and influence... More >>

• Savage Found

  published February 2, 1994

  The rock of South Florida's Sixties is about to be born again, thanks to a reunion of some of the era's stars. Exactly 28 years ago, the... More >>

• Program Notes 41

  published January 26, 1994

  All my life I always said I'd never live past age 36. That's how old was my personal savior, Marilyn Monroe, when she was murdered by the pigs or... More >>

• Program Notes 39

  published January 12, 1994

  I know I don't act like it around here, I know you can't really tell, but I am a trained professional journalist with nearly twenty years'... More >>

• Kiss My Ass

  published January 12, 1994

  Most musicians resent categorization, hate being compared to other musicians. Critics, on the other hand, rely on comparison to give consumers... More >>

• Program Notes 38

  published January 5, 1994

  Damn it, Lionel, this would've been the perfect time. Why didn't you go on national television and hype it? Oh, that's right, you did. But America... More >>