APOCALYPTIC RUCKUS Rising stars at this year’s highlyesteemed and ravenouslyanticipated Miami Art Basel may not even be strictly visual artists after all. Fusing performance art with a punk rock sound, brothers Mike and Billy Tucci of UNSTOPPABLE DEATH MACHINES will showcase their music and experimental videos in Miami Beach after cityhopping from New York to Florida. Their thrashing apocalyptic ruckus is enough to induce a head-banging, uber-frantic-dance jam that won’t stop for rivers of blood or swarms of locusts. Just picture the unyielding coolness of Billy Tucci playing drums on the bar of Propaganda while the bartender pours liquor down his throat (this actually happened during their last visit to sofla). With the supposed doomsday quickly approaching, listening to a band described as “the party band for the endtimes scenario” might be a great way to go out with a bang. A stark contrast from their band name, “We Come in Peace”, the duo’s first full-length LP, was recorded at Last Ever Records with Jack White and was released in August 2012. The vinyl spins in your choice of blue or gold. When asked for last words of advice for Florida fans Mike responded thusly, “Move to New York City- it’ll change your life- then move back to Florida. Be yourself. Live your dreams, especially if you think you’ll fail. Call your mom. Be civil. Ease up on the internet, because it breeds cancer. Hit ‘em with it, but don’t get hit with it and keep on Chooglin. The truth is out there.” UNSTOPPABLE DEATH MACHINES play two shows at the 11th edition of Art Basel. Catch up with them on December 6 at Sweat Records and December 7 at Superchief Gallery in The Catalina Hotel. www.theunstoppabledeathmachines.net
by Bridget Kant
GOOD FEELS GOOD I am frequently asked how I choose the charity organizations that I work with and/or contribute to. It’s a rather simple task and you don’t have to drive yourself nuts picking one. Just choose something personal and then find out if they do it locally.
If I live there, I give there!
I tend to shy away from some of the “big” charities because times they have huge administrative expenses and only a fraction of their donations actually go towards the hard that needs to get done. I’m not saying this is always the but a great place to do your homework can be found www.charitynavigator.org
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With the holiday season upon us, I tend to focus on local food drives as well as toy drives for children and families in need. Toy’s For Tots is one of those “big” organizations but with a very local impact. Every October, November and December, The U.S. Marine Corps collects new, unwrapped toys, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. They have boots on the ground in the tri-county area and are ready to put smiles on the faces of thousands of children in our back yard. On Saturday, December 15 at 9pm, Respectable Street will hold their 6th Annual Toys For Tots Benefit Show. Admission is FREE with a new unwrapped toy. Bands on the bill this season include: Lavola, The Wrong, Ribbon Dancer and Raggy Monster. Visit the url below to find additional local collection sites: www.west-palm-beach-fl.toysfortots.org by Vaughan Dugan
Saturday, December 1
CUPCAKE BURLESQUE @ Respectable Street EDDIE VEDDER @ Broward Center SEVENDUST @ Culture Room
INSTAGALLERY Art Show @ Ink & Pistons Tattoo
BARSTOOL BLACKOUT PARTY @ Revolution Live DRFAMEUS, SIR CHARLES, BEAT THIEF INC @ Funky Buddha THE SHIMMY SHAKE REVUE BURLESQUE @ 5 Points Lounge LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS, KETCHY SHUBY, DJ Action Pat @ The Stage BLS & COUNTY GRIND NIGHT COLLAB @ Green Room OUT OF AIR, 2 BRAIN, NO ONE’S HERO then at 10pm SARA SCULLY, UNDER COVER, LINGO @ Swampgrass Willys TONY TOUCH + MR. V @ The Vagabond KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub HARD RICHARDS @ Dada BLOWTORCH SODOMY, MOIRAE, AND THE KINGDOM FELL, AS THE WORLD WEEPS, THE CONTINUUM SHIFT, SPECTRUM, SHADOWHEART @ Churchill’s Pub JEFF HARDING @ Kirbys REDMOUTH, BLACK WEATHER SHAMAN, LOS BASTARDOS MAGNIFICOS, COONDOGGIN OUTLAWS @ Propaganda
Sunday, December 2
NAPALM DEATH, MUNICIPAL WASTE @ Grand Central JASON CARDINAL @ Dada
Monday, December 3
THE MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND @ Churchill’s Pub FLOW TRIBE @ Funky Buddha SPRED THE DUB @ Longboards RACHEL ANDES @ Dada RECKLESS MONDAYS, RECKLESS DAMES BURLESQUE TROUPE feat: @ Propaganda
Tuesday, December 4
ANTI-ART BECOMES ART @ Churchill’s Pub POETRY SLAM @ Dada JEFF HARDING @ Square Grouper INFLUX TUESDAYS- ELECTRO/HOUSE @ Propaganda
Wednesday, December 5
REDMOUTH @ 5 Points Lounge RIOT WEDNESDAYS W/ KOFFIN VARNISH @ Green Room HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL @ Dada ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE @ Propaganda
Thursday, December 6
GIRLS ROCK NIGHT W/RADIOBOXER, KILL MAMA, THE NEW, SEXUAL SIDE FX, THE VON @ Churchill’s Pub CANNIBAL CORPSE, MISERY INDEX, HOUR OF PENANCE, ABIOTIC @ Grand Central
UNSTOPPABLE DEATH MACHINES @ Sweat Records
OSHEAS’S CHRISTMAS PARTY, KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub JOEY HARKUM, RUNDOWNTOWN, BEAR IN MIND @ Propaganda
Friday, December 7
UNSTOPPABLE DEATH MACHINES @ Superchief Gallery @ Catalina Hotel
BLACK TAXI @ Respectable Street MERCHANDISE, LIL DAGGERS, TEE PEE @ Churchill’s Pub PAPADOSIO, GREENWISE LOUNGE @ Culture Room THE DRIP, BONNIE RIOT, D.V.N.O., RAGGY MONSTER @ Propaganda CHROMATICS, PRINCE RAMA @ Gusman Center BUSHWOOD @ 5 Points Lounge 900 SECONDS @ O’Shea’s LOCAL CONTRABAND, THE BAD NOTES @ Swampgrass Willys BELLES @ The Vagabond JEFF HARDING @ WORLD OF BEER CLEMATIS
December 6-9
ART BASEL @ Miami
December 8 & 9
UR1 FESTIVAL @ Bayfront Park
Saturday, December 8
THE RIOT ACT, CASEY HOPKINS DUO, THE VIOLET WEST @ Respectable Street
DAN HOSKER FEST DAY 1 feat. POSTFACE, TONGUES OF THE HEARTWORM, SCARECROW JENKINS, BRIAN FRANKLIN, MARK DUBIN, RENE ALVAREZ, JIM CAMACHO, TO BE HATED, SHAVED HAMSTER, MR ENTERTAINMENT, BOISE BOB, CHARLIE PICKETT, HUMBERT and MORE! @ Churchills Pub BLUE SKY DRIVE @ Native Florida Tap Room SKINNY JIMMY & THE STINGRAYS @ Dada AK1200 @ Propaganda THE RED SCARE, IMPERIUM. Then @ 10pm OVER 21 SHOW with JUNE BUG, THE WEIRD @ Swampgrass Willys THE FRENCH EXPRESS @ The Vagabond GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub
Sunday, December 9
DAN HOSKER FEST DAY 2 WITH RAT BASTARD, KENNY MILLIONS, ED WILCOX, XELA ZAID, NONDOR, JAMESON WILLIAMS, STEVE BRISTOL, HOSKA and TONS MORE! @ Churchill’s Pub
SUM 41 @ Culture Room
DAVE EARLEY’S “LAKE WORTH VINYL PROJECT” OPENING @ Top 5 Records COMEDY SPECIAL @ Dada
Monday, December 10
SPRED THE DUB @ Longboards RECKLESS MONDAYS, RECKLESS DAMES BURLESQUE TROUPE @ Propaganda CHRIS MICHAUD @ Dada THE MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND @ Churchill’s Pub
Tuesday, December 11
NIGHT OF THE WEIRDS: NORMADS, CRUCIAL TAUNT, WHOORISH BOORISH, BALLSPARKS, GLOOP, NICK KLEIN, BOILS AND GOYLES, HAOCHI WAVES, PSYCLONE RANGER, ROOVER HOOK, U SAID THAT THE LAST TIME, TOGNA & TYROGNA “PICKLED MEATS” BOLOGNA, DIM PAST, PAIGE FLASH, ASIF FAROOQ FINE ART GUN SHOW @ Churchill’s Pub OPEN MIC @ Dada INFLUX TUESDAYS- ELECTRO/HOUSE @ Propaganda
Wednesday, December 12
ZEN THE BAND, DYSLEXIC POSTCARDS, DRAWING BORED, THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, KEITH KENNY & JACK LITMAN @ Churchill’s Pub KILLMAMA @ Green Room HEAVY PETS @ Dada
Thursday, December 13
DADA BAZAAR @ Dada MICHAEL GRAVES (OF THE MISFITS), THE RIOT AGENTS, SHADOW REBORN @ Churchill’s Pub THE FUNKY NUGGETS @ Propaganda
Friday, December 14
BRAD BARTON REALITY THIEF @ Dada SWEET CHARIOTS @ Longboards
TORCHE, HOLLY HUNT RELEASE SHOW, POST TEENS, THE TUNNEL @ Churchill’s Pub SUPERHEROES SAVE THE HOLIDAYS/ SMASH-CON @ Green Room TWO WAY TIE @ Swampgrass Willys KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub MICHAEL GRAVES (of The Misfits) @ Propaganda
Saturday, December 15
TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT: LAVOLA, RAGGY MONSTER, THE WRONG, RIBBON DANCER @ Respectable Street BUTCHERS @ Dada
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: ART SHOW w. BEN PACHTER, JAH LINX, NIKKI DETOURBUTTERFLY SARAIVA, RENDA WRITER and MANY MORE, Music by MONTAGE & THE ASTROKATS @ 1310 Gallery
THE HIP ABDUCTION @ Funky Buddha DJ NEEDLEZ: ROCK THE MIC @ Propaganda SPEEDFREEK PRESENTS: PIG DESTROYER, MARUTA, GOD HARVEST, PRIAPUS, IMPLOSIVE DISGORGANCE @ Churchill’s Pub NEW N USED, BLACK FINGER, MONTY WARREN, THE MOBILE HOMIES @ Swampgrass Willys FISH HEAD SOUP @O’Shea’s Irish Pub
Sunday, December 16
LIZZY PITCH @ Dada NEW FOUND GLORY @ Culture Room DOWNTOWN OPEN MARKET @ Boca Royal Palm Place THEY EAT THEIR OWN GOD @ Churchill’s Pub THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS, JUNIOR DOCTOR, BET ME IM LYING, EVERSAY @ Propaganda
Monday, December 17
SPRED THE DUB @ Longboards TRIVIA @ Dada THE MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND @ Churchill’s Pub
RECKLESS MONDAYS, RECKLESS DAMES BURLESQUE TROUPE @ Propaganda
OLYMPUS @ Propaganda
Tuesday, December 18
AKIL THE MC, BIG BLU HOUSE BAND, ASKULTURA, LOS BASTARDOS MAGNIFICOS, SIMPL, AND MROE @ Churchill’s Pub
BIKINI JAZZ NIGHT @ Churchill’s Pub OPEN MIC @ Dada INFLUX TUESDAYS- ELECTRO/HOUSE @ Propaganda
Wednesday, December 19
ASTROKATS @ Green Room HEAVY PETS @ Dada SPOKEN WORD @ Propaganda LIZZY PITCH, KAT C.H.R. & MORE @ Churchill’s Pub
Thursday, December 20
Sunday, December 30
Monday, December 31
NYE BLOCK PARTY @ Clematis Street
NEW YEARS EVE PARTY: SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub NEW YEARS EVE BASH @ Churchill’s Pub
1ST ANNUAL NEY YEARS EVE J STREET BLOCK PARTY @ Propaganda
FALL OF OLYMPUS @ Respectable Street HATCHA @ The Vagabond YEAH CAT, MORNING FATTY @ Propaganda THE ROCKAPOCALYPSE @ Churchill’s Pub
Tuesday, January 1
Friday, December 21
Thursday, January 3
HURLY BURLY @ Respectable Street THE STARTING LINE @ Revolution Live END OF THE WORLD PARTY @ Green Room FUNKY NUGGETS @ Swampgrass Willys GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub
NERDCORE FANDOM ART SHOW @ Ink & Pistons Tattoo SYMBOLS @ Respectable Street
HOLY SHIP PRE PARTY @ Revolution Live
JENSEN SERF COMPANY, BEACH DAY, GIRLS ON THE BEACH, TBA @ Churchill’s Pub
THIS HEART ELECTRIC CD RELEASE @ Churchill’s Pub
Friday, January 4
Saturday, December 22
Saturday, January 5
GRENADE FACE, GUNFIGHT, GET THE AMMO, THE MUGGLES, TALLY HO @ Propaganda
DRTY LVRS RELEASE PARTY @ Respectable Street
FORT LAUDERDALE SANTA CON @ Green Room FALL OF OLYMPUS, RESPONSE NEGATIVE, ADAGE @ Swampgrass Willys FANG, NO FRAUD, POWERHOUSE, TO BE HATED, OUT OF SORTS, AND FWA @ Churchill’s Pub XXX-MAS PARTY: THE HARD RICHARDS @ Propaganda
Sunday, January 23
JASON CARDINAL @ Dada JINGLE BELL ROCK METAL FEST: THE STONE HEADS, TABULA RASA, INFROFUSE, ONE MIND, NOTICE, DAVID SAUL &THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN, SIGNAL DOWN, XXI CENTURY ROMANCE & THE HOMELAND CONSPIRACY @ Churchill’s Pub
Monday, December 24
THE CHURCH: NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS @ The Vagabond RECKLESS MONDAYS, RECKLESS DAMES BURLESQUE TROUPE @ Propaganda THE MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND @ Churchill’s Pub
Tuesday, December 25
DESTROYIO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL @ Churchill’s Pub INFLUX TUESDAYS- ELECTRO/HOUSE @ Propaganda
ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH BRIGADE, THE VICES, UNIT SIX, RIOT AGENTS @ Respectable Street SATIRE & CONTROVERSY: AN EVENING WITH OLIVER STONE @ Broward Center
HARD RICHARDS @ Dada EMILY KOPP HOMECOMING SHOW @ Green Room
Sunday, January 6
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD @ Revolution Live
Wednesday, January 9
MELVIN SEALS, JGB @ Revolution Live
Thursday, January 10
THE DARKNESS @ Revolution Live
Friday, January 11
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL @ Bienes Center For The Arts SWEET CHARIOTS @ Longboards
Saturday, January 12
THE CIVIL WARS @ The Fillmore moe. @ Revolution Live
Sunday, January 13
FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE @ Grand Central
Saturday, January 19
Wednesday, December 26 BLACK JACKET @ Churchill’s Pub
SUNSHINE BOCA BLUES FEST @ Mizner Amp GALACTIC @ Revolution Live PINK MARTINI @ The Fillmore
Thursday, December 27
Sunday, January 20
KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub SOUTH SIDE DUB @ Propaganda THE VICE METAL SHOWCASE @ Churchill’s Pub
Monday, January 21
BAND IN HEAVEN @ Respectable Street
Friday, December 28
PAUL GEREMIA @ Dada TARANTINO XMAS @ Green Room BUNGLED & BOTCHED, SOUTH SIDE DUB @ Swampgrass Willys THE CASEY HOPKINS DUO @ Propaganda LEFT OVER CRACK @ Churchill’s Pub GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub
Saturday, December 29
THE RESOLVERS @ Arts Park SOJA @ Revolution Live THE SOLUTION, SLAP, FIRESIDE PROPHETS @ Swampgrass Willys MURDER IN MOTION, SALO, MASTICATOR, FALL OF
Downtown Open Market @ Boca Royal Palm Place EMILIE AUTUMN @ Revolution Live
Saturday, February 2
RETRO INDIE MARKET @ Boynton Woman’s Club
Tuesday, February 5 THE XX @ The Fillmore
Tuesday, February 12
FLOGGING MOLLY @ Revolution Live
Thursday, February 14
BRIAN REGAN @ Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall
February, 15-17
AURA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL @ Suwannee Music Park
Friday, February 15
SWEET & SOUR, MY BLOODY VALENTINE ART SHOW @ Ink & Pistons Tattoo
Saturday, February 16
GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS @ The Fillmore BRIAN REGAN @ Maxwell C King Center for the Performing Arts
Sunday, February 17
BRIAN REGAN @ Coral Springs Center for the Arts DOWNTOWN OPEN MARKET @ Boca Royal Palm Place
Monday, February 25 PINK @ BB&T Center
Tuesday, February 26
DARK STAR ORCHESTRA @ Revolution Live
AMANDA’S HONEYS The enclosed painting entitled “Pure Honey” fits well within the realm of 24-year-old Palm Beach painter Amanda Valdes’ body of work. The lithe female figures, limbs contorted expressively in play, hint at a backstory that only becomes clear once you look past the bright colors and pop art composition. “There was almost this sexuality with it in terms of the honey and the girls in bee costumes,” Valdes says. “It’s bright, it’s colorful, but there’s something more seedy going on behind the scenes, which I love to play up on.” What’s atypical about the piece “Pure Honey” is that it features two figures, whereas Valdes’ works usually feature an isolated waifish female figure who morosely dominates the canvas in the nude or dressed in gothic haute couture. The works seem immediately easy to digest, but a closer look at the paintings reveals more depth, the commentary of the artist’s expression. “Even with the brighter colors, there’s something darker going on, there’s an air of mystery,” Valdes explains. “The idea is that everyone you meet comes from their own past. It’s rare that you meet someone who doesn’t have something that they’ve overcome, and so do I. Every single one of them has a little bit of me in there somewhere.” Valdes herself is an attractive, slender brunet, so it’s not surprising that the waifs with curves in her work are somewhat autobiographical. She’s only done a couple of male paintings, including a portrait of Vlad the Impaler for a series that’s hung at Monarchy Nightclub in Palm Beach, because she finds that the female form has more universal and personal appeal. “There are certain things that society sees, what the eye is drawn to in terms of figures. They’re thin, but I love them curvy with big hips and big boobs. I love the hourglass form. That’s what the eye is drawn to. The female form is just very attractive in my opinion.” Currently Valdes is too busy to take on many new projects because she’s planning her January wedding. Examples of her work, however, are on display in various venues throughout South Florida. She has a mural on the wall outside of Howleys in West Palm Beach, paintings on display at Dada in Delray Beach, Vagabond nightclub in Miami and Strand Salon in Delray. She says she’s executed commissioned paintings for Playboy bunnies, but she won’t name names, and she created paintings for Vanilla Ice and appeared on his DIY Network show The Vanilla Ice Project. When Respectable Street renovated its interior for its 25th Anniversary in August, the second mural that Valdes made for the venue was painted over. “It was up for a few years,” she says. “It was a little bit of a bummer that it wasn’t there anymore, but the great thing about Respectables is that it’s an ever-evolving place.” Valdes’ work will be on display and available to take home at Bear and Bird Gallery’s “Small Stuff 6” exhibit, which runs from from November 25 through January 12. The gallery is located inside of Tate’s Comics at 4566 N. University Dr., Lauderdhill. by Courtney Hambright
HOSKER SCHOLARSHIP FUND & TRIBUTE REUNITES BEST SOFLA BAND OF ALL TIME... POSTFACE! Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9 there will be lots of bands playing at Churchill’s Hideaway in Miami. How’s that any different from any other weekend at Churchill’s? This time all the bands will be playing in tribute to Dan Hosker. Dan passed away August 11, 2012. Dan’s sister Chris has started a musical scholarship fund in Dan’s name that will benefit needy students who demonstrate a passion for music. December 9 would have been Dan’s 47th birthday. Two nights of music. The first features more traditional bands and the second more experimental and noise music. Dan was truly a glue guy for the community and a terrific collaborator. A multi-insrumentalist with zero ego, Dan only cared about what was best for the song he was working on. His legacy is well represented by friends, like long time collaborators Steven Bristol, Rat Bastard, Xela Zaid, and Nondor who will perform on Sunday along with everyone’s favorite vulgar grandpa, Kenny Millions. Postface is also getting back together for our brand of weirdness, spontaneity, and rocking. We started playing around the same time as The Holy Terrors (just one of Dan’s early bands) and crossed paths many times on the stages and floors of South Florida’s numerous, lost and sometimes forgotten venues. One of my favorite songwriters of all time, and Dan’s former bandmate, Hal Spector and his group Boise Bob and His Backyard Band is scheduled to play as is South Florida legend Charlie Pickett, and Hialeah’s answer to the Beatles... Humbert. Watch for look inspired sets as well from To Be Hated, Shaved Hamster and Tongues of Heartworm. View the full lineup and schedule on the PureHoney event calendar or online at www.churchillspub.com by Stephen Wolfie Johnson
Ed. note: Title by publisher, not Wolfie;)