May 2005, Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There’s a delicate balance with bands as they try to figure out where they stand. There’s the bands playing smaller rooms who, at
Midnight Oil Midnight Oil
June 1988, Club 1235, Miami Beach, Fla. It was a show done on a lark, partly because we didn’t really believe Midnight Oil was playing a club on Miami Beach.
For Squirrels, Nuclear ValdezFor Squirrels, Nuclear Valdez
July 1995, Rose’s Bar & Music Lounge, Miami Beach, Fla. It was love at first sight. Miami has never been a town that fosters a live music scene (sit down
The Outfield, The FixxThe Outfield, The Fixx
June 1986, Six Flags Atlantis, Hollywood, Fla. I did a review a few years back for the latest Outfield album and your response — “There’s a recent Outfield album” —
No DoubtNo Doubt
May 2002, Sunfest West Palm Beach waterfront, West Palm Beach, Fla. Normally I wouldn’t go see No Doubt, not because I think it’s a bad band, but because I’m indifferent
Thompson Twins, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkThompson Twins, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
January 1986, West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Fla. Thompson Twins was a tweener — it rode the line between popular and alternative (Howard Jones is like this too,
Fugees, A Tribe Called QuestFugees, A Tribe Called Quest
October 1996, Rec Hall, State College, Pa. I got into trouble with this show, not for what I did but for what I wrote. I was working for the State