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The laws of the universe are simple. There is ebb and there is flow. The moments where the end game is nowhere in sight are always followed by times where just getting started is the end game itself. It's those times of lull, though, where the go-getters remain in action, quietly chipping away at the evolution of sound. Folks like those in Astrea Corporation, the Fort Lauderdale trip-hop duo, who effectually create flow where the void exists.

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Ian Witlen

I've been on the rock and roll tip long enough to know how easily dismissed rock and rollers can be. But you know what? All cheekiness aside, rock and rollers can be some of the most downright generous and humane human beings you'll ever meet. In the '90s, when I entertained ideas of making music myself, I performed in a few bands here in South Florida where half the time we gigged for free as long as door proceeds went to a cause. A good cause.

OK. So I'm a good guy.

From those days, the global plane has changed by leaps and bounds, I'm not living on halcyon days here, just saying to the casual reader, that maybe, sometimes, shit, more often than not, rock and rollers are some of the most giving folks on the planet.

Case in point? After the jump!

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Earlier this year, Big Boi did a series of interviews and every single one seemed to involve a nosy reporter asking about the thing every hip-hop head has been praying for since 2006's Idelwild: "When will there be an Outkast reunion?"

According to many reports, it seems like Big Boi is down to bring the group back, especially to mark the duo's 20th year anniversary. But Andre 3000 wants to keep Outkast in the past, telling the AP that he's "not the type that prescribes to nostalgia," and making it a point that their concurrent appearances on songs by Frank Ocean and T.I. are in no way a reunion, simply unofficial remixes.

But Big Boi doesn't need Andre 3000. He's been dropping tracks left and right, collaborating with fresh voices in the biz, and continues to release albums post Outkast. Three Stacks, on the other hand, seems more preoccupied with grooming.

Though both have talent oozing from their nostrils, and, yeah, together they're like a puzzle solved, we think Big Boi's way better off without Dre at this point. Let us explain.

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We recently had a chance to speak with our new pal Ryan Driller and get his take on a couple of non-musical subjects, but in the course of the interview, when we asked him who his favorite musicians were, his musical choices ranged from King Harvest to Tchaikovsky, with Pitbull and Ludacris in the midst.

He even confessed to a guilty pleasure that he'll stand by even in public a forum such as this. We think he's just a fun and funny guy, but feel free to imagine him hard at work, while you dig these tunes. And by work, we mean, of course, working in the garden or drilling under your sink.

The "Driller" in Driller is a multifaceted machine!

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There's live music. And then there's everything else.

Only the birth of a child, they say, can trump the wave of emotions that floods a music fan when his favorite band takes the stage. And for most musicians, that same level of euphoria repeats itself on each new record and tour. So to say that veteran Southern California punk outfit Face to Face is happy to be touring North America in support of its latest record, Three Chords and a Half Truth, is an understatement.

The band is thrilled.

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Richard Patrick, the founder and lead singer of Filter never used to get political in public. Then, one day, some rednecks in a pickup truck started throwing trash at his wife's car and almost ran her off the road because her Prius had a "Ban Assault Weapons" sticker on it.

Now the guy is unleashing the full assault of his invective filled diatribes against the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, right wing extremism, organized religion, Jesus Christ, and gun nuts to anyone who will listen.

Here's a massive "fuck" filled rant against a few things the singer hates before Filter's show at Culture Room this weekend coinciding with Filter's new album "The Sun Comes Out Tonight" on Wind-up Records.

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It's Thursday night on Clematis and although it's early, the sidewalks are overflowing with bar-goers in search of an early start to their weekend. Heavy bass beats rhythmically into the streets and neon letters light the windows, "Corona," "Budweiser Select" -- two reasons to endure the work week.

A quiet gallery on the corner of Rosemary and the main drag stands half lit on the inside and is incredible in its unassuming stillness. At least it seems that way from across the street. Moving in closer, the bassy sounds of dance music gives way to the sound of faded distortion and a growling voice prevails through the din like a ghost.

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Across the vast spectrum of the music world, there are certain artists that don't necessarily change the game, but strive to do a specific something as well as humanly possible.

As professional music dorks, we are often tasked with seeking out the artists that consistently progress their art, or question boundaries, or those with some sort of quantifiable impact on a genre. However, we'd be nothing if we couldn't admit that sometimes a cheeseburger should just be a fucking cheeseburger. And by the same sentiment, we hope Bob Seger never makes a synth-pop record -- not because it would necessarily be the worst album ever -- but because we know damn well a burger suffocating beneath a puddle of Heinz 57 beaten mercilessly from the depths of a glass bottle is more satisfying than some Wagyu and foie gras abomination.

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George Martinez

There's just something in the summer air that makes celebrating our lady 'murica feel especially right. June's around the corner, the summer heat is here to stay, and all the school kids are about to be let loose on the 'burbs. Let us welcome the season, honor and remember our fallen armed forces, and have a hell of a party in their name.

Here are our top 10 events going down this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties in celebration of Memorial Day 2013.

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Porn star Ryan Driller's a young man who might actually have more of a Bob Vila streak in him than one would imagine at first glance. Gifted with slightly rugged, boyish looks (as well as another, major gift), this Colorado native is a fun and affable guy who's the life of the party and appreciates the inherent comedic nature of the human condition.

A man of many hats, Driller made some time for us in anticipation of his appearance at the upcoming EXXXotica Expo in Fort Lauderdale. While he was completely candid on his musical choices, which he will not be taking back, we're pretty sure that whatever after-party he lands at while in town, will have an extra element of genuine fun in it, like the numerous and quite frankly funny sex parodies he's acted in.

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