COLUMNS
| Date | Author | Headline | |
| 7/28/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | It’s my job to cast a critical eye on our city’s music scene, but sometimes our music community simply swells my heart |
| 7/21/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Ahhh yeah, happy days will soon be here again, sexy people. Concert calendars across the city are shaping up to be shit-hot for the fall with dope acts |
| 7/14/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Atlanta’s Howlies (July 5, the Social Backroom) are one of the best trad-garage bands to come through in some time |
| 7/7/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | The most active summer in years in terms of community music events keeps on rolling |
| 6/30/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | I’m happy to report some improvements on the local band front this week. |
| 6/17/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Who knew that all it would take was a little thing called the World Cup to snap the once-reliable Weezer out of their years-long slump |
| 6/9/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | No preview available. |
| 6/3/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Despair is not too strong a word to describe my feelings about the Orlando Magic’s season coming to a premature end |
| 5/26/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | In the discourse of music, the issue of authenticity comes up an awful lot, if not expressly then almost always by implication |
| 5/19/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Shit! This column only took about three times as long to write, all because I kept checking on the game’s score. But it’s your time, Orlando Magic. Go get it. |
| 5/12/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Summers in Central Florida suck. But this year – just maybe – it could suck much less |
| 5/5/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Of all the covers that local punk classicists the Attack bang out, “Bad Moon Rising” is a perennial crowd favorite |
| 4/28/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | R.I.P., Guru. Jazz up the flip side, homie. And if the last-minute cancellation of your Firestone Live show back in October 2008 |
| 4/21/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Man, I sure hope you caught Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields last week |
| 4/14/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | The good news: NBA playoff fever begins again! The bad? It won’t bump Nickelback off the arena’s calendar |
| 4/7/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | A moment of silence for Garage Days, please. Despite earning a following and graduating beyond a stopgap to plug the summer concert lulls |
| 3/31/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | All right, I give in. The player haters win. |
| 3/24/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | I’ve been to two of the three Bread & Circuses Music Feasts (March 20, Will’s Pub) and I still don’t fully get it |
| 3/17/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | While it’s certainly no excuse not to attend the fest and support its most worthy cause of migrant farm worker aid |
| 3/10/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | So, you been diggin’ this extended winter? Ha! Take that, vacationers! |
| 3/3/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | I don’t know what’s inducing it – a persistent creative urge, dissatisfaction with the current direction of things, or something else |
| 2/24/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | What truth did I glean from all those hours of watching the Winter Olympics? |
| 2/17/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Spent all my foreplay on Valentine’s, so let’s just get straight to it |
| 2/10/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | From all the torrid online commenting on last week’s column, one thing’s crystal clear: For guys who like to play rough |
| 2/3/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Several months ago, I mentioned Das Boot, the two-to-three-liter, boot-shaped mug of beer served at awesome |
| 1/27/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Some of the benefit shows that the local music community has organized to help Haiti have had disappointing turnouts |
| 1/20/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Wow, Jay Reatard dead at only 29. I sure hope you were at his Back Booth show last month. |
| 1/13/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Aw (cold) snap! Has Orlando been frozen lately or what? The weather, the Magic’s offense and, worst of all, the concert calendars |
| 1/6/2010 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | I’m all for the open expression afforded by OW’s online comment boards |
| 12/24/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Right about now, I bet everybody’s praying they were wicked enough this year to get as much coa |
| 12/17/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Let’s all just agree that a free, heartfelt high-five (or butt-slap, your call) will suffice as a gift this year, OK? There, another world problem solved. |
| 12/9/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | A huge pour on the floor for American guitar master Jack Rose, who died of a heart attack on Dec. 5 |
| 11/25/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | In the spirit of the great Amer-ican holiday, these are my official thanks |
| 11/18/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | This year’s Anti-Pop Music Festival had a distinctly different tenor than any of the previous ones. |
| 11/11/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Black alternative culture is a quintessentially American but criminally overlooked experience, a condition that the Afro-punk scene |
| 11/4/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Looking good so far, Magic, looking good. Keep beatin’ that ass all day long |
| 10/28/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Absolutely radioactive with potential is new local band Bananafish (Oct. 22, Back Booth) |
| 10/21/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | O, cruel Nature, how you tease me with such fleeting farts of effervescent weather! Oh, right, music column |
| 10/14/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | D’you realize how rare second chances are? I do, and that’s why I’m jubilant that Caffe da Vinci |
| 10/7/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | As an event, the third ELLA Music Festival (Oct. 1-3) was a notable expansion for the annual local celebration of female artists |
| 9/30/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | When discussing Afro-punk many distinguished names come up, but Detroit’s Death probably isn’t one of ’em |
| 9/24/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Too much mileage to cover this week for a cute intro, so let’s jam. |
| 9/17/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Bring on the soft-core! |
| 9/10/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Despite the asterisk of a couple of years off between versions 1.0 and 2.0, Will’s Pub just celebrated its 14-year anniversary |
| 9/3/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | It looks like last week’s concert lull may be the worst of it, kids. From here on out things are heating back up, so hop on. |
| 8/27/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Just when I was thinking how mild we’ve had it so far in terms of the summer concert doldrums |
| 8/20/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | RIP, Les Paul. Where would rock music be without him? |
| 8/13/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Orlando heroes Solillaquists of Sound have been crafting their legend all along, but it’s really beginning to crystallize in full force now |
| 8/6/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | There were many quality concerts this week, but the most noteworthy of them shared one unifying |
| 7/30/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | The area music scene is currently experiencing a changing of the guard. |
| 7/23/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Shit’s tough out there, man. Everyone’s having to get awfully creative just to get by. Take the Pauses, for example |
| 7/16/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | For all the shit I give you guys about complacency |
| 7/9/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Ever party so hard in the name of nationalism that it takes the entirety of your brain’s resources |
| 7/2/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | A big pour on the floor for Michael Jackson. Despite the King of Pop’s dubious personal life |
| 6/25/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis |
| 6/18/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | This week, I rescued two huge turtles from becoming road pies, so you know some good juju was coming my way |
| 6/11/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | It’s the big story of the season, but the truth is that the Orlando Magic have always had it hard |
| 6/4/2009 | Bao Le-huu | This Little Underground | This is primarily a music and nightlife column but it’s also a local-minded space |
| 5/28/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Astronaut news is always topical to us Central Floridians, and here’s some that involves righteous music instead of murderous jealousy and adult diapers |
| 5/21/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | When there’s so much hot action just splayed out in front of you like there was in music this week, well, you prop up your porn leg and get to work, son. |
| 5/14/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This little underground | Note to OPD: Downtown’s not going to remain welcoming and walkable if officers don’t do more active patrolling – just a friendly reminder |
| 5/7/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America, this compilation album isn’t just some token charity gesture |
| 4/30/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | No preview available. |
| 4/23/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Here’s a pill-sized breakdown of each to help you decide |
| 4/16/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Beyond just hip-hop or even music, the roster includes photographers, writers and fine artists alongside musical acts like |
| 4/9/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | The latest incoming call on the red phone at the Rock & Roll Mansion announced the launch of the Gone & Records website |
| 4/2/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | In this week’s column: not a goddamned word about Twitter! |
| 3/19/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | On paper, booking the original lineup of Bad Brains (March 8, Club Firestone) seemed like a certain slam-dunk |
| 3/12/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | The sun in this week’s galaxy was the Harvest of Hope Fest (March 6-8, St. Johns County Fairgrounds) organized by bedrock Gainesville label |
| 3/5/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | No preview available. |
| 2/26/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Uh-huh, Maitland was kickin’ on a recent Sunday |
| 2/19/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | This Little Underground | Dammit, man. R.I.P. Estelle Bennett (of the Ronettes). See? I do like pop music... |
| 2/5/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | While we’re all riding the glory of purging our reality of its cancers, I should go ahead and mention the farewell performance of Cori Yarckin, on whose wee head I’ve dropped plenty of invective over the years (Jan. 31, Back Booth)... |
| 1/29/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | It’s official. Obama’s sworn in – er, twice – and the universal excitement over his inauguration echoed in the local music scene.. |
| 1/22/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | No preview available. |
| 1/15/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The traditional model of music consumption is crumbling in the face of the electronic tide, and more than a little bit of soul is withering with it... |
| 1/8/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | You know that sexy dress I like? Well, slip it on, baby. Time to boogie again... |
| 1/1/2009 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The crown of Baby New Year’s head has only just parted the lips and here we all are, cheering and whistling like a bunch of freshmen at a titty bar. But before we get it on, it’s time for another attitude adjustment... |
| 12/25/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Before we shelve it, here’s a last look at the year – in convenient pill size just for you! My picks for the best albums, along with those of Justin Strout and Jason Ferguson, can be found elsewhere in this issue, but the following superlatives are |
| 12/18/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | For how many years now have your demented kin unraveled your sanity with lame holiday music? |
| 12/4/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | New Orleans eccentric Quintron rolled his production into town once again ... |
| 11/27/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I refuse to write anything about the hugely anticipated reopening of Will’s Pub. Seems like every time I do, some complication befalls the place ... |
| 11/20/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Having just finished its fourth year of claim-staking the local music scene, the Anti-Pop Music Festival is rapidly gaining on the McRib as the most anticipated happening around here ... |
| 11/13/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Wait, what went down last week? Oh, right … the single greatest moment of American history in our lifetime ... |
| 11/6/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I’m over all the Radiohead hype already, but I thought you DIY musicians might find these recently released stats about the industry-rocking In Rainbow interesting ... |
| 10/30/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Week in and week out, this space is about taking a stance. Take yours and go vote, stat ... |
| 10/23/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | All the zeal surrounding this year’s historically weighty presidential race makes me genuinely glad and cautiously hopeful ... |
| 10/16/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Man, Winter Park was totally bangin’ this week ... |
| 10/9/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | In November, local indie rock band Kingsbury will bear-hug modernity and offer their new EP, Lie to Me, for free through their website ... |
| 10/2/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” MLK said it first, but the management and patrons of Redlight Redlight will soon belt it in unison like a gospel choir ... |
| 9/25/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The weather may not be there yet, but at least it’s already autumn on the awakened concert calendars ... |
| 9/18/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Their second album for Anti-/Epitaph Records (No More Heroes) won’t drop until early next year ... |
| 9/11/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | While all those poor, deluded souls at the Republican National Convention were swooning over GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin last week ... |
| 9/4/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | So I’ve been reading all the furious online comment action on last week’s column. To show that this is truly meant to be a dialogue, let me first say … nice to see that you guys are actually alive out there... |
| 8/28/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | So the storm that was supposed to be Mother Nature’s wrath ended up a long, wet sneeze. Oh, Fay, you gotta come with more than that to keep hurricane-hardened people like us in ... |
| 8/21/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | A big pour on the floor for Jerry Wexler, please ... |
| 8/14/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Even if you know you’re awesome, there’s something supremely validating about others recognizing it ... |
| 8/7/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Slap, slap! Wakey, wakey. Ready to roll again? Allez cuisine! |
| 7/24/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Diversifying their artistic vision, progressive dance duo Daft Punk just released their directorial effort Electroma on DVD. And, boy, is it, ummm ... |
| 7/17/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | On Monday, July 7, One Eyed Jack's hosted a screening of The Gits, a rock doc about the Seattle punk-rock band of the same name whose rise was truncated by the murder and rape of their influential singer, Mia Zapata. |
| 7/10/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | My personal exploits range from playing baccarat with European royalty to bedding a parade of glamorous women to hunting big game in Africa ... bare-handed. So, personally, I don't really get the whole dork thing. |
| 7/3/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | America, independence, freedom ... woo-hoo! Another thing worth raising a glass to is the imminent rebirth of Will's Pub. |
| 6/26/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | In this new reality, the Middle East is in the global spotlight like never before. Although American awareness of the region is at a zenith, our view of it continues to be slanted, narrow and impersonal. |
| 6/19/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I'm the kind of man who doesn't blush, tweeze or drink from straws. But I may sprout boobs from the sky-high estrogen count of this week's shows. |
| 6/12/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | With the country's political scene all astir right now, activism is on tap everywhere. |
| 6/5/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Goddammit...RIP Bo Diddley. Enough said. |
| 5/29/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | If you're a fan of true country, then you're a George Jones fan. |
| 5/22/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Now that this year's Florida Music Festival has wrapped, it's time to bang the gavel. |
| 5/15/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Lipstick Pickup, the new Orlando-based femme-punk label I mentioned a few months ago, is finally consummated ... |
| 5/8/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Too much this week for foreplay, so giddyup |
| 4/24/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Local TV news icon,community booster, courageous cancer survivor – there are many things you could call Wendy Chioji, but indie muse might not spring to mind ... |
| 4/17/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | These days, nothing is certain in the music industry ... |
| 4/10/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Ladies, germs and herms: hats off, please. By the time you read this, local band Jeanie and the Tits will be history ... |
| 4/3/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Seeing the inimitable Anthony Bourdain speak this past weekend at the Florida Film Festival evoked two themes that apply particularly well to music: passion and context... |
| 3/27/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Don’t even say there’s no culture in Orlando. Seriously, don’t. If I hear even a peep to that effect, it’s gonna be a backhand – POW! – to the kisser ... |
| 3/20/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Debbie did Dallas, I chose Austin. And I’m fresh off the beat at the yooj 2008 South by Southwest Music Festival ... |
| 3/13/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Somehow, of my own inexplicable doing, I got sucked into watching the CMT television series Gone Country (don’t ask, I have no good answer to offer). |
| 3/6/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Though crammed with shows, Feb. 26 was a nice break from the whole indie-rock thang ... |
| 2/28/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Spring hasn’t even sprung yet and there’s already some blossoming on the local boutique label front ... |
| 2/21/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | ’Twas the eve of Valentine’s Day and the breast of the crisp night air heaved lustily with love. And if you were anywhere near Stardust Video & Coffee, that love sounded pretty fucked up ... |
| 2/14/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Psst … just cos I’m your boy, I sprinkled a generous amount of get-lucky dust all over this one for you. Happy Hallmark Day ... |
| 2/7/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Pacesetting local punk label Floridas Dying has gone pink, and that could be a very good thing ... |
| 1/31/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Earlier this week, I did an inspection of the new Will’s Pub and it looks like it’s really gonna happen this time, barflies ... |
| 1/24/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Jan. 13, Back Booth hosted Super Happy Fun Time, a great multimedia art event that straddled audio, visual and tactile forms ... |
| 1/17/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Now, funk’s not exactly my thing – which is weird, I know, since I’m pretty much the funkiest mofo in town ... |
| 1/10/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | So, is that ass still red from the beating I gave it last week? GOOD. Maybe you’ll get off it more this year. Anyway, enough holiday rest and recuperation. The only “R&R” this column recognizes is rock & roll, so back on it, |
| 1/3/2008 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | My bleary New Year’s Eve stupor has completed its arc and I’m seeing as clearly as a hornet now. And just ’cos we’re peering into the promising rays of a new year, it doesn’t mean everything’s golden around here... |
| 12/20/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Besides tucking a sprig of mistletoe in the waistband of my underwear, y’know what my favorite holiday trick is? Spinning deviant Christmas music ... |
| 12/13/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | This column fully endorses culture jamming – the art of turning mass media’s methods against itself ... |
| 12/6/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Are you a last-minute holiday shopper like me? Well, stop it ... |
| 11/29/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Man, are things FUBAR in the world today... |
| 11/22/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Freedom, democracy, whatev: My Bloody Valentine reuniting and releasing a new album is what I’m thankful for... |
| 11/15/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Now that the third annual Anti-Pop Music Festival has done popped, let’s weigh it ... |
| 11/8/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | OK, coping with a certain degree of concert-going apathy from you guys is part of my job. But if the turning of the weather doesn’t make you stir, you’re just hopeless, baby. |
| 11/1/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Typically, it’s the legacy bands that get the DVD treatment, but not if you’re the Briefs ... |
| 10/25/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | That heavy breathing isn’t me coming on to you (is it working?), it’s because I’ve been out running all week. And by running, I mean pounding beers and watching bands ... |
| 10/18/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The other night, I rolled into Big Daddy’s> for drinks ... |
| 10/11/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Radiohead just made their new album, In Rainbows, available for download exclusively through the band’s website ... |
| 10/4/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Just when I thought I masturbated a lot, Robert Pollard releases a new record Oct. 9... |
| 9/27/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Member that shit-hot fall concert schedule I was talkin’ about? Well, it’s on, ’cause this week was preggers, big-time, and it was the openers who meant business ... |
| 9/20/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Ohhh, you lucky dog, you. There’s some news that you’ve been waiting on for over a year and I’m about to drop that shit on you like a pigeon. Drum roll, please ... |
| 9/13/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I know it happens every year but the summer concert drought always feels like it’ll never end. But wake up, twinkle those eyes and bush that pretty little tail of yours, baby, ’cause we are back in action ... |
| 9/6/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | In October, the Kurt Cobain film About a Son will see limited theatrical release; the DVD drops early next year ... |
| 8/30/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Summer is not a time of thinking or contemplation. It’s too hot to mess with all that, so please, just give us cold beer and dumb fun. And there’s nothing musically that fulfills both “dumb” and “fun” quite like cover versions ... |
| 8/23/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROND | So the latest edition of The Bao Show was fun. Some already know the deal but I’ve never officially explained it. It’s a mostly local music showcase I put together every so often ... |
| 8/16/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Hipsters, prepare yourselves. The uncleansed mainstream is about to get an official guided tour into your ivory tower ... |
| 8/9/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | There are several philanthropy-minded music acts in our scene, but none walk the walk like hip-hop group Sol.illaquists of Sound ... |
| 8/2/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | On the way to Gainesville the other day, I happened across a signal out of McIntosh on the FM dial by sheer serendipity. Never heard of McIntosh? Me neither, and I used to live in Gainesville ... |
| 7/26/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | It’s quite possible that not all followers of this impossibly hip column are young ... |
| 7/19/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Finally, the DVD of You’re Gonna Miss Me, the absorbing documentary about the brilliant but troubled musician Roky Erickson, is out ... |
| 7/12/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | As a child raised on oldies radio, I’m calling a moment of silence for Bill Pinkney ... |
| 7/4/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | So, the latest on Paris Hilton … kidding. Instead, let’s start with the Flaming Lips ... |
| 6/28/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | This ain’t the Complaints Department but I’m gonna solve a couple gripes I often hear, because fixin’ shit and makin’ things happen is what I do ... |
| 6/21/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Yes, justice – both legal and poetic – has finally started to poke its head out of the shell with Lou Pearlman now apprehended and the carcass of his ill-gotten empire thrown open for the local public to pick over via auction ... |
| 6/14/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Though it sometimes seems like it, not everybody in this scene is a kvetching do-nothing. Take Justin Bean, for example. This is one dude who gives a shit ... |
| 6/7/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | So ... ’ja miss me? |
| 5/24/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Welp, another edition of the Florida Music Festival is in the books. Another three-night bender filled with bands... |
| 5/17/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | When it comes to household names, Rolling Stone magazine is the Coke of American rock journalism ... |
| 5/10/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Now that the unlikely eruption of the brilliantly exploitative Borat has engraved Sacha Baron Cohen’s visage on our cultural psyche, his ability to capture people off-guard is all but foiled, as he recently conceded in an interview on NPR ... |
| 5/3/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Ugh, there’s MORE fallout from the Don Imus scandal in the form of reactionary social posturing, this time from Russell Simmons ... |
| 4/26/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | It’s true, there’s no jazz scene to speak of in this city. But a local act at last week’s edition of Phat-n-Jazzy at the Social made a good case for renewing efforts to get one going... |
| 4/19/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Christ on a bike! My dance card has been stacked all friggin’ week. Not hatin’, just statin’... |
| 4/12/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | As a part of this year’s selection committee for the Florida Music Festival, I recently perused hundreds of submissions from hopeful artists. Amid all the night soil that’s to be expected from any cattle call, I happened upon something special... |
| 4/5/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Y’know how your subconscious brain takes in everything and screens it like a secretary before it makes it to your consciousness? Well, while struttin’ it “Stayin’ Alive”–style down Orange Avenue last week I happened to walk by the Lodge... |
| 3/29/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | In a week just poppin’ with big beats, the dance merchants totally ran things. And without question, the most hyphy display was cheez-tastic troupe Bonde do Role from Brazil at Club Firestone... |
| 3/22/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Though not particularly known for it, this city knows hip-hop. Problem is, these knowledgeable circles have been small and only sporadically enterprising... |
| 3/15/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | For one night last Saturday, Orange Avenue was radioactive with credibility. Bottlenecked on a six-block stretch, a cluster of national indie pezzonovantes paraded through downtown... |
| 3/8/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Before we get down, can everybody do me a favor? I’ve let this go on for years now without a word, but seriously, SHUT THE FUCK UP aboutAmerican Idolalready. |
| 3/1/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | You know the kind of wicked bug that has you knotted in a fetal position and trembling in a pool of your own perspiration while visions both absurd and nightmarish materialize in your mind? |
| 2/22/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The pairing of think-rap troupe Sol.illaquists of Sound and y’allternative band the Heathens at the Social last Friday seemed a stretch, despite them being two of the best acts in town... |
| 2/15/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Wow, tongues on the scene have been wagging overtime about where I left off last week — that is, the disastrous abortion of the Floridas Dying CD release party at the Social.. |
| 2/8/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Hey, what’s that in your eye? Awww, it’s a twinkle. Looks like Cupid’s arrow found somebody’s hole... |
| 2/1/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | What a scene the Amway Arena was last weekend. With John Mayer on the marquee, it was a veritable hen parade, sprinkled with the occasional flipped collar... |
| 1/25/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The latest example of the music industry’s continuing cluelessness is the arrest of DJ Drama and others last week in Atlanta for felony violations of RICO laws.... |
| 1/18/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The fact that the Social is one of the most important independent venues in the region makes it a coveted stage for nearly every area musician... |
| 1/11/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | All right, honey-pie, time to scrape the holiday sleep from your eyes. The days of entertainment privation are over and the concert calendars are finally beginning to thaw. So let’s get back to business... |
| 1/4/2007 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I could sit here and wax romantic about the field of flowering possibilities that stretches before us in 2007 and lull you into complacency... |
| 12/28/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Here we are, on the edge of the cliff again. Before stepping off into the great unknown of a new year, let’s take one last loving look back at 2006. |
| 12/21/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Last Thursday, recording industry visionary and co-founder of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun died at the age of 83 due to complications from a fall at a Rolling Stones concert in New York... |
| 12/14/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Taste is a thing that’s valued highly in this particular space. By definition, it’s something I live and die by. But there are times, like this past week, when I see things that remind me that taste is sometimes totally relative or way overrated. |
| 12/7/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | I was recently on holiday in France (’cause that’s the way I roll, bitch)... |
| 11/30/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Not long ago, I attended live shows at several venues whose operational métier lies in other facets of night life. And let me tell you, going to concerts at dance clubs and ultralounges sure ain’t the same as at the professional rock clubs... |
| 11/23/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The ethos of the annual Anti-Pop Music Festival, the sophomore edition of which occurred last week, is very much in line with my own... |
| 11/16/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | Let’s all take a moment now to toast the long-overdue resignation of that evil shitbag Donald Rumsfeld... |
| 11/9/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | A glimpse at the bustling gaggle of tower cranes in downtown will show you that Orlando is changing in a big way. But rejoice, rock & roll dirtbags, it’s not just the suits and yups that’ll feast on this fruit... |
| 11/2/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | To a child, Halloween is about ghoulish titillation. To a socially active man about town, it’s more like a parade of ghoulish tits. At least it was in downtown this past weekend... |
| 10/26/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | How ironically droll it was to receive a letter (published last week) chiding me for not being “more thorough than the average concertgoer.” Curious when you consider a day I had last week... |
| 10/19/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | My, what postmodern times we live in... |
| 10/12/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | The panhandle of Florida isn’t the first setting that comes to mind when speaking of innovation. But this past weekend, some 50-odd miles north of Panama City, the Founder’s Festival marked the official opening of Chipola Music Village... |
| 9/28/2006 | Bao Le-Huu | THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND | No preview available. |
