In case you missed the opening of Sections at General Practice yesterday, make sure to check out the show tomorrow at Roofless Records’ first fundraiser on NYE at the space.

Also, last night there was more sweaty dancing and delightful hip hop at The Garret’s first night at Grand Central Peachfuzz, so hit that up next Friday.

Tonight, make sure to say bye-bye to the boys of Ice Cream at Eve.

I happened to be over at Miami Art Museum the other day, and Michael Balbone, who you might know from Less Concept More Action or because he creates amusing and amazing works of art, has revamped the museum’s gift shop. It’s now filled with items that your family will want, well, your family that knows the Miami art scene or has a stellar sense of humor. Check out this madness here.

We love everything Bleeding Palm does over here at THL. We’re super creepy mega-fans, and that’s the honest truth. We like them better than we like ourselves. That is why I wrote up a post about their newest site on the Florida Turnpike for the Miami New Times. Make sure to click on it and poke around and appreciate Bleeding Palm’s sick mind(s).

The story of Pinochle written by KT Kieltyka for The Hairpin reminds me so much of my own delusional yet magic filled youth. I can’t even begin to tell you the things I believed for too long. I hope I have kids one day that trust the lies I tell them till they’re in middle school. Life’s too short. Enjoy.

According to this recent Herald article on the “brain drain” of young professionals leaving South Florida, the top 5 cities with the greatest net loss of 25 to 34 year olds are L.A., New York, Chicago, Detroit and Miami. In other words: 3 places with traditionally high ebbs and flows of residents, one dying industrial city, and then Miami. Not sure what to draw from this except to say it apparently sucks to be young and in SoFla and thus the obvious answer is to build a casino. Or something.

So, I saw The Cost play a while ago at Bar. I thought they were pretty good for dudes who, I don’t think, actually knew how to play anything a few weeks prior. They’ve gotten better since and I will say, I honestly think they’re like worth seeing. I interviewed them boy band style for the Miami New Times. Check them out this Saturday opening for the Jacuzzi Boys, Holly Hunt, and Honey Train at Churchill’s.

Click here right now cause one of THL’s favorite Miami bands Holly Hunt is on Squelch TV at 11 p.m. If you don’t know, learn about The Laundry Room Squelchers here.

Sarah Glidden is a cartoonist living in Brooklyn. While in town last week for the Miami Book Fair, she paid a visit to Occupy Miami and drew the people she met and the stories they had to share. Check out the short comic she made here!

The Miami New Times’ annual People Issue will probably be stacked in green metal boxes all over town by tomorrow, but today, it’s up online. Read about Jimbo Luznar of Jimbo’s, activist Vanessa Brito, and Oba Ernesto Pichardo. I mention them in particular because they’re interesting people, and, of course, because I wrote those. Enjoy!

If you watch just one minute of Patrick Swazye at a disco with a PBR today, make this that minute.

Here’s my review of opening night of Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale. They have a good selection and it’s super chill. Even Miami people should bravely cross county lines to check it out.

It’s been said before but it bears repeating: modern Journalism needs to stop screwing itself.

Yeah you’ve already seen this by now, but I really didn’t expect a picture I took at a costume party last week to wind up on it. By the way, the answer is more or less “both.”

I spent the night on the lawn outside of Government Center in solidarity with the Occupy Miami movement. I also wrote up a log for the Miami New Times describing my experiences out there. I’m obviously in support of the movement, but some of the other occupiers left me mean, bitchy comments implying that I am an asshole, which I am, but only out of love. I wanted to be honest and had to be a little jokey about the experience. What’s happening out there is mostly beautiful – community building, political discussions, people learning about democracy, I love it – but it is sprinkled with bit of a-hole bullshit. Any group of people working together for a common goal will have its downside and usually it’s battitudes. Anyway, read it, and go out and support.

Books and Books in Coral Gables is hosting a reading of Tigertail’s 9th literary annual Florida Flash. Editor of this year’s book Lynne Barrett gave each author a 305 maximum word limit. How could you not love that idea? The reading starts at 8 p.m. tonight and a few THL writers and friends are featured in this wonderful anthology, including Peter Borrebach, JJ Colagrande, Denise Delgado, J. David Gonzalez, Dave Landsberger, and Yaddyra Peralta. I’ll be occupying Miami later, but I’ll be with Tigertail in spirit.

As of about an hour ago, Miami is now part of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement! Protesters gathered outside of the Torch of Friendship earlier, marched to Government Center, and came to the consensus that they’re setting up shop there indefinitely. Read about it on Miami New Times’ Riptide 2.0. Wow! What a day!

Here are two wonderful links for the day.
Musical goddess Kate Bush’s new album 50 Words for Snow is coming out on November 21 and her single “Wild Man” hit the web. It’s dedicated to the mythical beast bigfoot, of course. Listen here.

Another artist that I wish were my pal Manu Chao held a concert in Arizona and kinda almost met with America’s douchiest sheriff. An article on the event begins: The stage was set for an impromptu public debate on Arizona’s immigrationpolicies when Sheriff Joe Arpaio stepped out for a sandwich Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 20, and found a press conference assembled just outside his office to call attention to Manu Chao’s appearance at Festival de Resistencia.
Read the full story here

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