Slashpine Travelogue Wolves in the Throne Room The Chop Shop, St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, September 23, 2011 It’s hard to reckon the episode we experienced in Florida’s backwater over the weekend. It was was meant to be a quick detour on our way to the Death to the Sun festival…
9:59 a.m. We’re wrapped in a towel, hair dripping, hands dry. Instead of performing the usual Monday morning ritual of frantically dressing and shoveling cereal down our throat, we’re crouched in front of our laptop, preparing to blow our wad. Sting’s steely blue eyes are staring back at us. We’re…
Over the past 17 years, Kevin Smith brought gross and disgusting conversation to film and created intimately personal stories about the rigors of being a convenience store clerk and a mythical adventure about a distant descendant of Jesus.With potty humor, foul language, and Randal Graves’s one-liners, Smith built an empire…
Organized sports are bigger than ever. This is amazing, considering watching sports is a bigger waste of time than a bowel movement resulting in a Casio. Yes, the actual experience of swallowing, digesting, and excreting a digital wristwatch, has more life-enriching potential than watching the “big” game, which often is…
When most of us think about art galleries, we envision rows of paintings and an ambience of elegance. Plant the Future, a boutique gallery in Wynwood, delivers on the second count, but surprises the average gallery-hopper on the first. Instead of paintings, Paloma Teppa — an Argentine artist trained in…
With Britney Spears’s recent revelation that she would want to be a teacher “specializing in history and reading” if she couldn’t sing, we were intrigued enough to ponder what lives our favorite and not-so-favorite celebrities would live out in an alternate universe. From the depths of fast food management to…
Anne Hathaway stars in One Day alongside heartbreakingly attractive Jim Sturgess. Together, they represent perhaps the worst casting decision ever. Well, not the worst casting decision — the history of film is long — but readers of the novel which served as the basis for the film probably can’t recognize…
Fans of reality shows about fraternal twins and sextuplets (and titles that rhyme) were dealt a stunning blow this month as TLC finally canceled Kate Plus 8. In the wake of this tragedy, one wonders what Kate Gosselin will do next to stay relevant. Luckily, we’ve formed a list of…
In 30 Minutes or Less, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson play Dwayne and Travis, a duo of going-nowhere types who, on the advice of a stripper, decide to off Dwayne’s hard-ass, Lotto-winning ex-Marine of a dad and live off the inheritance. They need $100,000 up front for the hit man,…
Now that the Harry Potter series has ended, leaving a generation of eager readers (or eager Harry Potter readers at least) and billions of dollars in its wake, it’s only reasonable to assume that movie studios will be frantically digging through bookstores searching for the next big thing. However, as…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.I’ve heard of Miss Universe and Miss America, but Miss Cuba? Que? I’m sorry, but “es- q-me,” this Cuban Americanita has never heard of that pageant title until I recently met this year’s reigning queen Cutler Bay resident…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com. When it comes to sunglasses in Miami, they can tell a lot about who you are in the 305. Just ask 24-year-old Jeremy Andre the owner of Glasiz. While hipsters in the Magic City, are rocking Ray…
Miami and salsa are almost interchangeable – there’s hardly an ad or commentary about Miami that doesn’t include a salsa soundtrack, with exclamations of “caliente!” It’s a cliché, but also true: the heart of the salsa sound — Cuban son and its Afro-Caribbean rhythmic roots — makes Miami move to…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.When it comes to shopping, unless I got a sugar daddy with me, Coral Gables is definitely not the city where this chica heads out to. Yet, that was until a few days ago when I discovered Hello…
The wrinkle in this retelling is that Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest is a phenomenal documentary. Making a “love letter” to his all-time favorite musicians, Rapaport devotes the film’s first half to deftly curated archival material, golden-age hip-hop perspectives from the likes of DJ…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Marilyn Monroe wasn’t lying when she sang that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. When it comes to bling, Miami gals are all about the sparkle, the shimmer and the ice ice baby. Any chica that tells you…
Seun Kuti and Egypt ’80 Presented by Rhythm Foundation Friday, July 29, 2011 Manuel Artime Theater, Miami On Friday night, Seun Kuti and Egypt ’80 opened up a portal into a high, spiritual, Afro-dimension where time slowed to a near standstill as booties shook with ever-increasing rapidity. Though many booties…
It’s time to get serious about locking, popping, hip hop, house, and b-boy/b-girl moves at the 2011 Illadelph Legends Hip Hop Festival, from this Sunday to August 7. Founded by hip-hop choreography star Rennie Harris, this festival has been taking place for a dozen years in his hometown of Philadelphia…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Real Housewives of Orange County star Alexis Bellino was in town this weekend to promote her new fashion lines Alexis Couture and Alexis Casuals. The 34-year-old came down with her hubby, Jim, and shacked up in a penthouse…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Swim Week 2012 came and went (thank God), because I’m swimsuited out. After attending the five-day fashion festival, I really don’t want to see another flaca model in a bikini for awhile. However, I wouldn’t mind seeing more…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Night three at Mercedes-Benz Swim Week had us really excited to scope out Mara Hoffman’s collection. Yet, one step backstage and we felt like we were experiencing déjà vu. There were the same tribal patterns, neon hues, and…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Last night, we went to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, night two at the Raleigh Hotel. And sex, sex, and more sex is one way to sum up a Beach Bunny Swimwear show. If you’ve never been to…
