Email Author Jeff Stratton

Awards

• 2007 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published August 24, 2006

  "Rim Job"

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 26, 2005

  "Mr. Big Shot"

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2001 Stories by Jeff Stratton

• Onward, Chris's Soldiers

  published December 27, 2001

  So this is odd, the painful realization that all has gone wrong/And nobody cares at all," sighs Chris Carrabba. "And nobody cares at all,"... More >>

• Chop-Chop

  published December 20, 2001

  The makeup of Miami's jam-fusion band Outdance is a microcosm of South Florida itself: Tom Korba, who plays the Chapman Stick, is a transplanted... More >>

• Make Mine Swine

  published November 22, 2001

  Thickest cranium in rock? Probably Martin Atkins, former drummer for Public Image Ltd., now de facto head of the industrial-rock conglomerate... More >>

• Rare Riddims

  published November 15, 2001

  South Florida is starving for reggae music. Given our proximity to Jamaica, reggae bands should find rich fields of West Indian immigrants within... More >>

• Pop Remission

  published October 25, 2001

  I don't want to be known as Cancer Boy for the rest of my life," sighs Eric Alexandrakis. "You know, “That musical cancer guy.' But it is ... More >>

• Fresh Air

  published September 27, 2001

  As spinoffs go, Tom Tom Club came with a remarkable schematic for success. Jettisoning the intellectual elitism that had a grip on their... More >>

• Baby Steps

  published July 5, 2001

  To most of us, "weird sounds from Boca Raton" means diamonds caught in a disposal or wheezing geriatrics struggling with groceries. And that... More >>

• Old Soul

  published June 28, 2001

  When I set up a phone interview with Mark Eitzel, the last thing I expected to hear were Britney Spears jokes. The singer-songwriter's work with... More >>

• Arena Plutonium

  published April 5, 2001

  For U2's Elevation Tour 2001, kicked off last month with two shows at the National Car Rental Center, Willie Williams designed the most exquisite... More >>

• Give a Hoot!

  published March 8, 2001

  Woe unto the lowly melodica. Why must it be consigned to the Fisher-Price page in the annals of great instruments? I can handle the... More >>

• Eyes on Florida

  published February 8, 2001

  Whew! Florida musicians are pumping out product faster than New Times techs can take 'em for test runs. Blame it on the rock-bottom prices... More >>

• Giant Steps

  published January 4, 2001

  Al Galvez has a plan. The leader of Miami's dreamy acoustic trio A Kite Is a Victim not only resides at the center of his own little... More >>