AltWeeklies Wire
Man Versus Machine: Larry Flynt Invests in the Electronicnew
After Larry Flynt's Hollywood Hustler Store opens in Fort Lauderdale, a reporter investigates whether bar patrons prefer battery-operated to the real thing.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
09-07-2004 |
Sex
Last Candidate Standing: Grayson Is Master of Joke Campaignsnew
Though politicians running for U.S. Congress usually don't discuss their faults and neuroses, Richard Grayson will happily tell you that he's cheap, anxiety-ridden, susceptible to panic attacks, and medicated daily with antipsychotics.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
09-07-2004 |
Politics
Jamaica Yes Problem: Island's Values Haunt Expatriate Gaysnew
With its "buggery" laws dating back to Queen Victoria and a longstanding gay-bashing culture, Jamaica is seen as a harshly homophobic nation. Gays who left the island to take refuge in Broward County, Florida, find that anti-gay reggae lyrics have followed them.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
09-07-2004 |
LGBT
Deceptive Men and Manipulative Womennew
It's a real credit to director Leconte that even though his film features a couple of ridiculous contrivances to get the plot going, the overall film still feels true.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Screenplay Zeronew
Director E. Elias Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blase genre redundancies and clunky storytelling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
Quirky Floridian Rapper Drops Weird Sciencenew
When Bleubird (real name Jacques Bruna) isn't living with his parents in South Florida, he's traversing the globe, playing huge festivals like the Warped Tour, hopping around Belgium and Switzerland, and cutting albums with German rappers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Audra Schroeder |
08-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bleubird
Infamous Sugar Barons Make Nice with Publicnew
For decades, the Fanjul family and their company, Florida Crystals, have symbolized the harshness of corporate, big-business farming. Now they want to win public favor and push ahead with real estate development plans.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
08-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Reporter Accuses Florida Business Paper of Inflating Numbersnew
Former investigative reporter Stephen Van Drake filed suit against the South Florida Business Journal, part of a national 41-newspaper chain, accusing it of drastically inflating circulation numbers to increase advertising revenues.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
08-13-2004 |
Media
Hot Dog, Ho! The Path to Becoming One of the World's Elite Eatersnew
After two years of competitive eating, the 280-pound Joe LaRue ranked seventh in the world; that's hardly a scientific rating, but it's safe to say that few humans (or baleen whales, for that matter) can eat more food in less time than LaRue.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
08-13-2004 |
Food+Drink
