Rat Bastard talks boring music, liberating noise and cutting handmade records...
Miami Beach's Rat Bastard has parlayed obscurity into a sort of personal success. Born Frank Falestra in 1958, in the small town of Ellenville,...
John Turturro on career achievement awards, shooting in 35mm and maturing...
During the Miami International Film Festival, I had an opportunity to sit down with actor/director John Turturro. I was told I had 12 minutes to discuss his new...
The Strongest Man director Kenny Riches talks Sundance and scary Miami...
Miami has a bit of a local hero in the indie film world. Kenny Riches wrote, produced and directed The Strongest Man, a film he...
From the Archives: Album review: Oval – ‘Dok’ and free streams...
The other day, thanks to a friend, I took a trip down memory lane listening to some early music that would later come to...
Miami International Film Festival opens, here's a preview
Today is opening night of Miami Dade College's 32nd Annual Miami International Film Festival, and this year the festival seems to be asking cinephiles to...
French Horn Rebellion’s Robert Perlick-Molinari talks inspiration to break away from...
At first, the name French Horn Rebellion sounds like a reference to a politically charged region of Africa, but nothing could be further from that idea....
Starfucker frontman recalls early years as Sexton Blake (an Indie Ethos...
In today's modern world of music, where computers have replaced both studios and instruments, music of the seventies and eighties seems both quaint and...
Indie Ethos exclusive (Part 2 of 2): From rough start to...
Continuing on from my last post regarding Portland's Starfucker, I would be remiss not to discuss the start of the band's tour, when much...
Miami Filmmaker Carla Forte on shooting hundreds of dogs in action...
This month, The Miami Beach Cinematheque will hold its seventh installment of its Knight Foundation sponsored discussion series called Speaking In Cinema. Usually, the bi-monthly...
Wojtek the Bear’s singer and guitarist on lyrics and performing on...
Glasgow’s Wojtek the Bear make beautifully sad music that will probably blend in just fine among the bands cruising with Belle and Sebastian on...