Subject: Katy Perry

• Rokbar Opens Las Vegas Outpost

  August 29, 2008

• Last Night: Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Busta Rhymes, Jazmine Sullivan and More at Cafe Iguana

  Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Brisco, Jazmine Sullivan, Busta Rhymes, and more. Tuesday, December 16, 2008Cafe IguanaBetter Than: Watching BET's 106 & ParkPower 96 does not like to be showed up. Last weekend, much attention was paid to Y-100's annual Jingle Ball concert, and their star studded line-up of pop acts like Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy, Rihanna, Katy Perry, etc. Just three days later, South Florida's favorite pop station for the people, Power 96, held their own impressive holiday jam titled,

  December 17, 2008

• Top 10 Pop Songs of 2008

  Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity. CHRIS BROWN "Forever"

  December 17, 2008

• Worst Lyrics of 2008

  And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I provided a trusted colleague with the 16 artists who qualified and had him assign seeds--Lil Wayne you expect to go deep into a showdown like this, but Lucinda Williams? Some fantastic match-ups resu

  December 19, 2008

• Katy Perry Concert Date at Revolution Changed

  (Insert bad joke about Katy Perry being "hot and cold" about when she wants to play Ft. Lauderdale. )Whatever; the basic facts are thus: Katy Perry was originally scheduled to play Revolution as part of her debut headlining tour on Monday, April 27. That date has now been moved two days later, to Wednesday, April 29. All tickets sold for the original date will still be honored at Wednesday's show. And of course, tickets remain on sale for $18 in advance through www.jointherevolution.net, www.li

  December 22, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for

  December 24, 2008

• Katy Perry

  One of the Boys (Capitol)

  July 24, 2008

• Katy Perry

  April 23, 2009

• Last Night: Katy Perry at Revolution Live

  Logan FazioKaty Perry performing at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slide show.Katy PerryWednesday, April 29, 2009Revoluton, Fort LauderdaleKaty Perry is annoying. There's no getting around it. I went to her sold-out show at Revolution Wednesday night with an open mind. I swear. I like "Hot N Cold." Despite the song's frustratingly sexist lyric criticizing a dude for changing his mind like a "girl changes clothes," I can dig it. It's catchy. I walked i

  April 30, 2009

• Last Night: The Academy Is... and Gym Class Heroes at the Clevelander

  Logan FazioGym Class Heroes performing at the re-opening of the Clevelander in South Beach. Click here to view the full slide show.The Academy Is... and Gym Class HeroesThursday, April 30, 2009
Clevelander, Miami BeachLife doesn't get any better than this, really. Thursday night, ground zero for a par-tay was a brand new spankin', re-opened the Clevelander. The Ocean Drive hot spot has had a facelift and after a two-year overhaul (more than a little Botox, this hotel had full-on plastic surger

  May 1, 2009

• The Grammy Celebration Tour

  May 7, 2009

• Rachel Goodrich Working With Superstar Producer Greg Wells

  Photo by Heather BooneLast year, we declared local singer/songwriter Rachel Goodrich "You're New Favorite Singer," then New York Times featured her prominently in a story about Miami's emerging music scene. And now the Miami Herald reports that Goodrich will be going in the studio in July with L.A. songwriter and producer Greg Wells. In case you're not aware, Wells has worked with Pink, Katy Perry, Natasha Bedingfield, Rufus Wainwright and more.From the profile the Herald ran Monday, it seems th

  May 20, 2009

• Gutter Glamour

  July 30, 2009

• Miami Becomes GuitarTown Thanks to Gibson Guitars

  photo courtesy miamiguitartown.com guitar painted by artist Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi and autographed by the Allman Brothers Band​While the man is doing all that he can to thwart the arts in Miami (we kid, man, don't hurt us), Gibson Guitar is injecting a bit of it into every corner of the city. Remember when the flamingos took to the streets of Miami in colorful defiance? Gibson is giving that idea a Rock and Roll spin with Guitar Town; 70 guitar sculptures and showcase guitars tha

  August 7, 2009

• Dear Russian Red, I Love You...

  ​Dear Russian Red,I want to take this opportunity to proclaim my love for you. I want to shout it from the digital mountaintops, Russian Red, for all the Internet to know. No, not in that pervy admiring you from the cybernetic afar sort of way. Nor in that cute infatuation befitting of a teenager pining over a favorite performer, but frankly, more than a little creepy for a man of 30. Not that you aren't attractive, Russian Red. Because...well, obviously you are. You kind of remind me of Katy

  October 15, 2009

• Lady Gaga Celebrating New Year's Eve at James L. Knight Center

  ​Pop-singer and fashionista Lady Gaga will be coming to the James L. Knight Center in Miami December 31. The diva's recent tour with Kanye West fell through because West "needed a break." Can West just drop out of the limelight for a few months? Get his ego in check?She counts Madonna and Marilyn Manson as fans and is probably a more honest Katy Perry. Perry kissed a girl and she exploits it. Gaga's bisexuality seems more genuine, though her authenticity in various areas is up for debate. Hmm,

  October 15, 2009

• Grrrly Talk: Anti-Feminist Lady Gaga "Hails," "Loves" Men, Performs New Year's Eve

  ​Grrrly Talk is a new feminist column serving up pop culture commentary and local music news on, for, and by those of the XX-chromosomed variety. News broke yesterday that Lady Gaga will be spending New Year's Eve in Miami after canceling her tour with megalomaniac Kanye West earlier this month. When I heard the announcement, I recalled the thoughts I'd had when I first found out about her. I wasn't the biggest fan, but I could see the appeal. I appreciated her o

  October 16, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: "Dancer" by Woodhands, Playing the Vagabond This Saturday

  Photo by Aigin Larki​Ever wondered what screamo-lectro dudes do to unwind after a particularly strenuous hipster bikini dance party? Well, apparently, if the dudes in question are Daniel Werb and Paul Banwatt of Toronto synth-and-drum duo Woodhands, then it's all about a nice, relaxing, man-on-man bubble bath. Why the bubbles? Why the bath? Who knows, but bro bathing must be a team-builder beyond compare 'cause it's helped these two sustain their partnership through cold Canadian winters and s

  October 21, 2009

• From the Basement to the Vag

  October 22, 2009