“Comics are words and pictures,” opined the late Harvey Pekar, comic book writer, critic and cult-personality. “You can make anything with words and pictures.” For over three decades — as the writer (and main character) of navel-gazing indie comic book American Splendor — Pekar’s life was dedicated to the infinite…
The true secret to a bona fide proper pint lies in the foam. Just look to your right … Doesn’t that baby look delicious? And why? Because of the thick and creamy head. Meanwhile, like so many nuanced activities (ping-pong, calligraphy, masturbation), the proper pour is a matter of delicate…
Music blog Stereogum has posted some teaser tracks from the forthcoming Muppets movie soundtrack and the songs feature two of indie rock’s leading ladies: Joanna Newsom and Feist. You’d figure the Muppets would either hit their core demographic with whatever 11-year-old superstar is in right now. Or try to experiment…
Remember Lil Wayne’s rock album, Rebirth? Well, it was the only idea worse than Hulk Hogan’s rap album. Nevertheless, Weezy is gearing up for a sequel. And we imagine it’s going to be two times the shitfest. Dude just released Tha Carter IV, the weakest album of the entire franchise…
Postmodernism is slipperier than a greased watermelon. Society used to have simple standards and reasonable expectations: up was up, men and women were men and women, and fiction tidily progressed from beginning to end in a linear fashion. But then Postmodernism — the literary and arts movement that threw out…
After the Wu-Tang mothership crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the first order of business was to send out the pods. Method Man was the first to strike out solo with 1994’s stellar and intensely hardcore…
AIDS Wolf With Last, Holly Hunt, Unicorn Hard-On and The Laundry Room Squelchers Churchill’s Pub Thursday, November 3, 2011 Better Than: Whatever else was happening last night. Whenever some chump wants to talk shit to you about how much they hate “noise,” you should maybe ask what exactly they mean…
Earlier this year, New Times bestowed Little River Yacht Club — the furniture shop, studio, salon, and gallery — with the honor of Best Place to Meet Intelligent Men in Miami. This Saturday’s closing reception for the space’s current exhibition, “Bros B4 Hoes,” looks to add a few more qualifying…
[jump] 10. Pete Townshend vs. iTunesThe Who guitarist and singer recently railed against iTunes, calling the download service a “digital vampire.” His suggestions for improvement? Employing talent scouts, giving bands space to stream their music, and paying smaller artists directly. 9. Lilly Allen vs. ShakiraLilly Allen hates illegal downloading so…
Austra With Grimes Grand Central Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Better Than: Falling down a witch house YouTube rabbit hole. Last night, Nightdrive Miami presented its second major Grand Central production in just two weeks. And much like the recent Battles show, all factors — sound, venue, performance — were in…
In the decade-plus since Miami Dade College started it’s Middle East Dance Program, the curriculum — and it’s accompanying, annual Belly Dance Show — has become the biggest and best place in the state of Florida to hone the ancient art of danse du ventre. Saturday’s showcase, titled Arabian Dreams,…
Boyz II Men at the James L. Knight Center November 5
AIDS Wolf at Churchill’s Pub November 3
Chris Cornell unplugged at Fillmore Miami Beach November 6
Last month, Crossfade reported a series of seizures suffered by M.I.Yayo’s own Teflon Don, Rick Ross. The mess started aboard a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Mephis, where Rozay was opening a brand new Wing Stop franchise. And matters only got worse when The Bawse checked himself out of the…
After the money, sex, and drugs, the best part of being a rock star is the ability to ask for absolutely anything — even shit you don’t really want — and then throw a nuclear-strength temper tantrum when you don’t get it. The ridiculously outrageous rider request is like an…
Man, oh man! We had the weirdest dream last night. Well, to start things off, Sebadoh was there. Y’know, the weepy and weird side-project-turned-anti-band started by Lou Barlow when his mid-’90s feuding with fellow Dinosaur Jr. bandmate, guitarist and singer J. Mascis, forced his exit. But, like, in stark contrast…
Neither the dot-com bubble or the more recently burst housing bubble have got shit on the compact disc bubble of the ’90s. And the reasons are precisely why the recording industry is preparing to officially announce the death of the CD. CDs are supercheap to make, way cheaper than either…
A wise man once said, “All music is shit to God.” Crossfade is not that wise, but we have to agree. And let’s face facts, humanity: Ever since we all got kicked out of the Garden of Eden, music has sucked.You wanna know why? ‘Cause everyone knows the freer you…
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists With Deaf Poets and Pujol Churchill’s Pub Sunday, October 30, 2011 Better Than: Bobbing for apples in the rain It’s been a weird Halloween, right? And not the good kind of weird. Last Halloween, after an extended series of poor choices, a candy raver dominatrix…
This Halloween, we’re going all out. Our house is covered — ceiling to cellar — in phony cobwebs. We’ve got an unbroken chain of Jack-O-Lanterns lining the perimeter. And, yes, on the porch, completely unguarded, sits a tremendous black witch’s cauldron filled with suckers, bubblegum, chocolate bits, gummi-everything, movie theater…
See the full 31-photo Guns N’ Roses at American Airlines Arena slideshow. Guns N’ Roses With Buckcherry American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 29, 2011 Saturday night’s Guns N’ Roses concert at the American Airlines Arena was the biggest group S&M experience we’ve ever had. And believe us, we’ve drooled on…
