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Over on Thought Catalogue, one man chronicles his quest to get DENIED a a medical marijuana card in the golden state.

by John Spain, posted 3 days ago · Comment

It's Friday and Afrobeta has just one question ...

… hat tip to Sweat and Shari Lewis.

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Scientific American just wanted to let you know that online dating isn’t any better than offline dating and that furthermore you’ll probably die alone. Our advice: get a cat.

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I’ve taken to pronouncing it artis-anal myself.

by John Spain, posted 14 days ago · Comment

The Fun World of Florida Law Enforcement Patches

Most of the patches Law Enforcement Officers wear show off Florida in all it’s sunlit splendor and likely give those wearing them some degree of pride in serving the public. They can point to the idyllicysm embroidered on their shoulder and say “this is what I am here to protect.” Herons, sunsets, sailboats, and swaying palm trees are all common themes.

These however are not those patches. These are the patches that make you ask yourself what’s in the drinking water.

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WVUM’s Radiothon is on! Donate to the best college radio station in the known universe!

by John Spain, posted 23 days ago · Comment

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The City of Miami is planning to “re-do” the Coconut Grove waterfront and Scotty’s Landing is unlikely to make the cut.

by John Spain, posted 24 days ago · Comment [1]

Rachel [G/H]oodrich's "Apple Juice & Whiskey"

Possibly the most awesome/most weird way you can spend 50 cents. Ever.

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Liz had a dream. A dream of us all holding hands and singing together in peace and harmony while totally stoned off our butts. Somehow, she, County Grind and a bunch of South Florida musicians made it happen.

by John Spain, posted 27 days ago · Comment

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You don’t need us or anyone else to tell you that the FCAT is a joke, but just in case, here’s more evidence that Florida’s standardized testing scheme on which its entire education system is now based is horribly flawed.

by John Spain, posted 28 days ago · Comment

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I too vote for cloning Lolo, at a minimum, one hundred times.

by John Spain, posted 28 days ago · Comment

Fashion Tips For Repping Miami when Abroad

image courtesy some moron at Zazzle

NO: I <3 305 t-shirt
YES: I Survived Hurricane Andrew t-shirt
HELL NO: “Taking My Talents to South Beach” t-shirt.

NO: University of Miami windbreaker
YES: University of Miami gothic M baseball hat
HELL NO: Anything that says “It’s All About the U” on it

YES: Alonzo Mourning throwback Heat jersey
MAYBE: Current LeBron or Wade Miami Heat jersey
NO: Latin Nights “El Heat” jersey, any player

NO: Golden Panthers t-shirt
NO: Golden Panthers Hat
YES: You are forbidden from mentioning FIU outside of South Florida
ALSO YES: Miami Dade College lacrosse jerseys

NO: White jacket over t-shirt à la Miami Vice
MAYBE: T-shirt with Don Johnson on it
YES: Don Johnson’s skin à la Buffalo Bill.

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I have never heard of Pinecraft, FL but apparently it’s filled with Amish snowbirds 1/4 of the year?

by John Spain, posted 31 days ago · Comment [1]

8 Ridiculous Songs About Wanting To Do It

These are songs that aren’t about the act of sex generally or how great sex can be, but instead are about wanting to do it to you the listener or at the least to someone or something specific. So without further ado …

Spice Girls: 2 Become 1

15 years later and I can’t get over how surreal this song and video are. I mean I’m no one was expecting anything stellar from a band whose lyrics include “I wanna ziggy ziggy ziggy-said ahh,” but we got something that was like a poorly autotuned acid trip with lyrics that made little to no sense.

At one point they haven’t done it in a long time, another she/they have had a little love and now they’re back for more, followed by a cutesy safe sex reference from someone named “Baby Spice.” Welcome to MTV in the 1990s.

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The Miami Booty Club Presents "Super Sucia"

I think this video just about sums up everything I love about Miami.

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Songs from College Radio Volume Two: Winter 1999 through Summer 2000

truly a simpler time

Notable album releases around this time include In An Aeroplane Over The Sea, The Soft Bulletin, Terror Twilight, Kid A, and The Moon and Antarctica. Part one of this series is here.

So our story opens in Winter of 1999. I’m not going to recount most of the experience of applying for a show again. People who have actually worked in College Radio or spent any time in a comic book store will have an idea of the snobbish air that permeates things that can otherwise be called “hobbies.” Fleshing out the ways that independent music has changed and covering the general oddness of working at WVUM are both later subjects. For now though let’s delve into the hoops and pitfalls involved in getting your very own radio show and trying not to screw up on it every 10 minutes.

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Nardwuar, potentially the weirdest media fixture in existence, has somehow been profiled by GQ in what must be a seminal moment for weird people everywhere.

by John Spain, posted 52 days ago · Comment

A Theoretical Conversation About Night Of The Weirds Tomorrow @ Lester's!

“Hey John.”
“Yes, inescapable ghost of Liz Tracy?”
“I’m … alive, you know. Not really a ghost.”
“I know that and yet you haunt me. Your disappointment is pervasive, like a guilt that transcends death, hence why we have these fictional conversations.”
“Ok. You’re weird, but speaking of which, why did we never just make a ‘weird’ category on this site? I mean it’s basically our bread and butter.”
“Good point. I mean between Jimbo’s and John Waters, we basically deal in it.”
“Yep! We roll in it like hogs in shit. I mean I love weird shit so much that Amanda Leah and I made a night out of it. And there’s now a Weirds Flute Salad tomorrow night at Lester’s
“Really? Why tell me more!”
“Well it’s an 80s party but you can dress like you’re in your eighties.”
“Uhm.”
“I’m dressing like Angelyne.
“I’m uncomfortable.”
“Success! Here’s the lineup:”

  • 8pm Ravel
  • 830 kitten control
  • 9PM El Tenedor
  • 930 Mega Country Cooter
  • 10PM Kenny Millions as Rat bastard
  • 1030 Rat Bastard as Kenny millions
  • 11PM Clifton Childree
  • 1130 Ybor City Mane Plus special performance by suckacunt

Read on for some music, artfully curated by Jeff Rollison, Liz Tracy, and Amanda Leah, that they will grind uncomfortably against you to:

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