via flickr.com/people/lornethomson/She's acted in Christmas Vacation, Cape Fear, and Natural Born Killers. She started Juliette and the Licks, which disbanded this year, and now she's back on the music scene with Juliette Lewis & The New Romantics. Unlike many actors-turned musicians, Juliette Lewis holds her own onstage, bringing growling vocal energy to the down-and-dirty rock styling of her backing band. She's beginning this tour with the Pretenders and Cat Power, but they don't seem to b
Photo by JipsyJose El Rey takes a moment to be lone before his performance.​To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. This week was a rock fest here in South Florida. First Slayer, then Def Leoppard? Besides going to the show to hear the music with fans, I'd love to cover it. But I didn't ask, I didn't know and now I am left with "I wish I did." If you didn't realize it already, I love capturing behind the scenes for anything, but a rock act, that's just stories being shot a
​This week I decided to try something new -- an interview. I asked my friend Tommy Newman of Murderous Rampage ten questions about his band. Here we go. Please let me know what you guys think. Brooklyn: What bands have you been in around South Florida, and what did they sound like?Tommy Newman: I was lead singer/ guitar player in Chickenbox. It was a good-times party band, which I grew to hate.What are Murderous Rampage's biggest influences?The Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the
