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Was a time few people thought Tracy Morgan would ever tell a joke again, let alone go on tour. But the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, "30 Rock" star and unpredictable standup comedian will perform this week in South Florida. Ben Crandell interviewed Morgan last week, and his story will appear later today on SouthFlorida.com. In the meantime, Phillip Valys offers a preview of Morgan's show along with two other must-witness events taking place this week in South Florida.
Recommended viewing: "Yo! Where Jackie Chan at Right Now?"
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Phillip Valys attended last Friday's Riverwalk Burger Battle in Fort Lauderdale, at which 16 restaurants vied to win titles such as "Fan Favorite" and "Burger Nirvana" (imagine the album covers). Find out who won, and who ate some cow, by perusing this photo gallery.
Recommended listening: "Sliver" by Nirvana
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This past Saturday, Due South Brewing celebrated four years in business, and we sent Talia J. Medina to Boynton Beach to photograph the party people.
Recommended listening: "I Was Drunk" by Alejandro Escovedo
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Bing Crosby called Louis Armstrong "America's ambassador of music to the whole wide world," but the Armstrong we meet in "Satchmo at the Waldorf," the one-man play currently running at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, is nearing the end of his mission. As Christine Dolen writes in her review, this Armstrong is four months away from dying. But the play is more concerned with beginnings than endings. "[The] purpose of the illuminating play, written and directed by Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout," Dolen writes, "isn't to show us the Armstrong we know. Instead, we come to understand the personal experiences and societal forces that shaped a legendary black musician, a man with a potty mouth and a fondness for pot, a guy who married four times but had one clear enduring love: his horn." And get this: "[Armstrong knocked] the Beatles off the top of the charts in 1964 with his recording of 'Hello, Dolly!' "
Recommended listening: "Heebie Jeebies" by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
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"Once called 'the latest in a line of great English pop eccentrics' by London's Sunday Times, [Florence] Welch did choose two of the band's most popular songs to allow her exuberance to run amok. Literally in the case of 'Rabbit Heart,' as she leapt from the stage and sprinted through the crowd to reach a small platform on the other end of the floor where she serenaded fans, before sprinting back to the stage. If anyone ever asks who the fastest person in pop music is, place your bet on Welch." Ben Crandell reviews Florence and the Machine's tour-opening concert in Miami.
Recommended listening: "Third Eye" by Florence and the Machine
— compiled by SouthFlorida.com editor Jake Cline, ,
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