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I can barely keep my head off the computer . . . z z z . . . keyboard. . . . z z z . . . I know a week has passed but I'm still suffering from some sort of post-Thanksgiving poultry coma. Link To Original Article

It's that time of year again, the time when jam-band festival lovers get all giddy. The fifth-annual Langerado Music Festival -- voted Best Music Festival by New Times and City Link magazines -- serves up three smoking days of music, March 9-11 at Markham Park in Sunrise. Link To Original Article

It's holiday party season, and that means one thing: in offices across the area, some poor soul has been assigned to find a place for the annual holiday party. It can be a stress-filled ordeal. With that person in mind, we've created this list, which can also be used for birthday parties,... Link To Original Article

It's White Party weekend -- do you know where your bleach is? Oh, that's right, you already starched, bleached and waxed everything last week, when what was once just a one-night-only affair kicked off with a stupefying series of parties. After 22 years, the legendary HIV/AIDS fundraiser seems to be, like many of its most faithful disciples, aging very well. This year is no exception, with Grammy-winning Jody Watley performing and DJ Tracy Young spinning at the main event at Vizcaya on Saturday... Link To Original Article

Eons and eons ago, back when I was 19 years old, I loathed the nightlife scene. The drinking, the reckless hookups, the gossiping and the late nights out -- I rebelled against all of it. Link To Original Article

Fresh off his hosting duties at Saturday Night Live one week ago, rapper-actor Ludacris was spotted hanging out at Lucky Strike's very popular Monday night party. Promoter Alan Roth gave Luda a blind vodka taste test with three different brands -- Stoli Elite, Grey Goose and Ketel One. Don't be surprised if you hear Stoli Elite mentioned in one of his upcoming hits. Link To Original Article

At Smith & Wollensky Saturday afternoon: American Idol champ Taylor Hicks. Hicks was with family and, according to our witness, ''looks like he's been exercising -- he looks pretty fit.'' Later that night, Hicks had dinner at The Forge and told sources he was in town for the NASCAR races in Homestead. Link To Original Article

Semantics are funny, pesky things, aren't they? You know, using the word ''penthouse'' to describe a nondescript apartment that just happens to be on the top floor of the building; or the word ''suite'' to describe a two-by-four room; or even tagging a party as VIP, only to discover that the most important person in the room is your electrician who just so happened to wire the club that particular night. So when Britney Spears said she was coming ''here'' last weekend, she really meant ``Louisiana... Link To Original Article

While enrolled at the University of Miami, Rohan Marley, Bob's son, was a linebacker for the football team. I once stood next to him while we were both waiting for the campus shuttle bus. I said hi. He looked at me and then looked away. Even though it wasn't a musical moment, it's been the closest I've come to real reggae in South Florida. Let's face it; besides the soulless Stir It Up you hear at karaoke night, the Jamaican genre is largely absent. Link To Original Article

L.A. punk-funk soul rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers have survived more than their share of typical rock 'n' roll adversity, from drug abuse to losing band members, while somehow managing to preserve their vitality. Link To Original Article

Semantics are funny, pesky things, aren't they? You know, using the word ''penthouse'' to describe a nondescript apartment that just happens to be on the top floor of the building; or the word ''suite'' to describe a two-by-four room; or even tagging a party as VIP, only to discover that the most important person in the room is your electrician who just so happened to wire the club that particular night. So when Britney Spears said she was coming ''here'' last weekend, she really meant ``Louisiana... Link To Original Article

It's Wednesday night, and the clock is approaching midnight, but the crowds dancing to the furious Latin beats at Gryphon nightclub near Hollywood don't care. Link To Original Article

While enrolled at the University of Miami, Rohan Marley, Bob's son, was a linebacker for the football team. I once stood next to him while we were both waiting for the campus shuttle bus. I said hi. He looked at me and then looked away. Even though it wasn't a musical moment, it's been the closest I've come to real reggae in South Florida. Let's face it; besides the soulless Stir It Up you hear at karaoke night, the Jamaican genre is largely absent. Link To Original Article

L.A. punk-funk soul rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers have survived more than their share of typical rock 'n' roll adversity, from drug abuse to losing band members, while somehow managing to preserve their vitality. Link To Original Article

I love to travel, but I've never been much for group tours. Being herded from place to place with a pack of strangers? What if they're boring? What if they're the kind of people who'd rather have dinner at the well-known tourist haunt than the back-street spot where locals go? Link To Original Article

Dr. Dremo's Taphouse offers free pool and discounted drinks every day of the week. Link To Original Article

So Duran Duran's guitarist Andy Taylor quit the band because of an ''unworkable gulf.'' We wonder if that divide had anything to do with being unable to get friends tickets to this weekend's BANG! Music Festival in Bicentennial Park, featuring, among many, many others, the aforementioned venerable '80s Brit pop band. If you find yourself ticketless, you can either join Taylor in wallowing in the sounds of sorrow, or you can consider other aural pursuits taking place... Link To Original Article

As a movie buff, I won't even try to exercise willpower. OK, it's been said before, but I have to make the obvious reference to the film before I talk about Casablanca Café at Fort Lauderdale beach. Link To Original Article

So Duran Duran's guitarist Andy Taylor quit the band because of an ''unworkable gulf.'' We wonder if that divide had anything to do with being unable to get friends tickets to this weekend's BANG! Music Festival in Bicentennial Park, featuring, among many, many others, the aforementioned venerable '80s Brit pop band. If you find yourself ticketless, you can either join Taylor in wallowing in the sounds of sorrow, or you can consider other aural pursuits taking place... Link To Original Article

As a movie buff, I won't even try to exercise willpower. OK, it's been said before, but I have to make the obvious reference to the film before I talk about Casablanca Café at Fort Lauderdale beach. Link To Original Article

Sure, John Mayer's smooth, jazzy vocals and sensitive lyrics make all the ladies swoon. But don't be fooled: This guy can rock the guitar like few others. The singer-songwriter, who initially had to shake the 'Dave Matthews clone' label, broke out in 2001 with Room For Squares, featuring the hit Your Body Is a Wonderland. Mayer won 2003's Grammy award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Wonderland, and in 2005 for Song of the Year with Daughters. Now he's headed for the University of Miami's... Link To Original Article

French electronic pop duo Daft Punk technically aren't DJs -- they actually play their own instruments, including guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, and write all their songs -- but their music will make you dance like you're listening to one. Irresistible hits such as Da Funk, Around the World, One More Time and Digital Love take a trip back to the future by combining robotic vocals with upbeat, warm melodies. Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, half of Daft Punk along with Thomas Bangalter, talks about... Link To Original Article

The 400 Club at Harrison's was hopping Friday night with Miami Heat players, who were there to celebrate their first win of the season against the New Jersey Nets. Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Antoine Walker, James Posey, Gary Payton, Udonis Haslem, Wayne Simien, Earl Barron and Rob Hite were all in the house until it closed at 3 a.m. This Friday night at Harrison's: a birthday party for Dolphins player Renaldo Hill. Link To Original Article

In case you're in the market for a new drinking game, consider playing Name the Promoters, a tricky and whimsical challenge, especially when it comes to places like Social Miami, a restaurant that is so overrun with party planners, we oftentimes forget that it's a place to eat. While the Social coordinators are clearly doing a great job, packing in the place on weekend nights... Link To Original Article

After Dark | Blame it on the bossa nova when Aqua succeeds Link To Original Article