via www.myspace.com/badmannersofficialBad Manners' frontman, Buster Bloodvessel, in 1983Bad Manners and the English BeatWednesday, January 28, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Feeling sorry for yourself, anywhereThe Review:When a portly, fiftysomething man in a floppy, sweaty, leopard print suit rubs his protruding belly and asks, in an impenetrable, working-class Brit accent, if there are any fat people in the house, you've got to laugh. And so there were goofy smiles aplenty last n
Sometimes this city we live in is just so gosh-dang beautiful. Here's a view of the Eighth Street Bridge and downtown (excuse me, DWNTWN) from Brickell Key, courtesy of dgilmalle's flickr stream.
Photo by John HoodCounting Crows at Bayfront Park Amphitheater Tuesday night.​Counting Crows, Michael Franti, Spearhead and AugustanaAugust 18, 2009Bayfront Park AmphitheaterBetter Than: Having to drive to AtlantaIn case you missed the last few days, the beautifully-set Bayfront Park Amphitheater has reopened its doors and live music has come back to downtown Miami. Yeah, I know, there are other downtown venues -- Gusman, Bicentennial, the Triple A -- but there isn't another that can accommoda
A Texan, a Russian and a New Yorker enter a restaurant in London. "Excuse me, but if you were going to order the steak, I'm afraid there's a shortage due to mad cow disease," says the waiter.The Texan says, "What's a shortage?"The Russian says, "What's a steak?"The New Yorker says, "What's 'excuse me'?"An American businessman goes to Japan on a business trip. He hates Japanese food, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place where he can get a pizza.The concierge tells him he wil
