More Keyrats shows this weekend

I remember a time when Keyrats shows were few and far between; not anymore (which is great, btw). This weekend they’re tearing it up again. First at Cefalo’s on Friday night, then at the Boardwalk Tavern on Saturday night. I think these Keyrats shows might be the only reason to even go out to the Grove anymore.

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Toners Tonight at Flavour

I’m late to the party again with this one, but if you want something uniquely interesting to do tonight I suggest you get to Flavour at around 9pm. The Toners, a mock reggaeton group spearheaded by my friend Alex Hernandez Fumero, will be performing live there tonight. I can’t make it, but I bet there will be something to make you laugh going on over there.

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It’s a Keyrats Weekend

The Keyrats are playing not one, but two shows on Saturday.

The first is during the day, at a little local music festival called Festidan. It’ll take place from noon to sunset on Saturday the 23rd, and also feature Outereach, Day Music Died, The Kut, Jimmy Whisper, and 2am.

Then, just in case you’re busy during the day, at night the Keyrats will be playing at Dolce in Miami Beach. The place is located at 15th and Ocean Drive, so come check it out.

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Key Rat Stickers in copyright mess

My friend Mauro, proprietor of Elemental “Product Spot” in the Gables, is a little frustrated right now. He’s created various Key Biscayne themed designs for shirts and stickers, all of which are highly original and creative. Now he’s come to find out that someone has copied one of his designs and has been distributing stickers.

The details are scarce. Have the stickers been sold? No one can be sure. The thing about copyright, though, is that it doesn’t matter if they’ve been sold or not. Fair use limits a person, in this case, to reproduce the design for personal use; making your own sticker or a poster is fine. The line is crossed when things are distributed, even for free.

If you have any info as to any of this, post a comment or drop a line.

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UF officially bans Beer Pong

I know a lot of key rats have attended or attend the University of Florida, so this should come off as practical news for said rats: UF has officially banned beer pong. This doesn’t mean much to all those students who live off campus and seldomly partake in official school activities, but for those that do, it could be a disaster. If you get caught by the school playing any drinking games, you could be subject to disciplinary action, even if you’re twenty-one and live off campus.

As my friend Melissa so well puts it (she also pointed me to the article):

Let’s say I host an event for a student organization I’m in, and by student code I’m allowed to have it at a place that serves alcohol, but someone starts playing a “drinking game”. If anyone were to say something about it to someone in an administrative position I could be expelled. I know it sounds out there and maybe even paranoid, but shit like that happens all the time within UF organizations, sororities, fraternities, political systems – even sometimes to students who write for any of UF’s publications. All of these people (a large percentage of students) could be held accountable for these actions by a simple photo on Facebook showing them near a beer pong table. I don’t know, it just makes me worried for UF students who are 21, legal and living in a consumer based economy where they should be able to buy whatever they want as long as it’s legal. I mean next thing you know the local Sports Authority announced it stopped selling ping-pong balls! (Joke).

This all comes on the heels of the Princeton Review naming UF the number one party school in the country. I have to say that if UF is number one, I feel sorry for the kind of parties going on elsewhere.

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Keyrats in the Islander

I’m a little late on the ball here, but the Keyrats have recieved a great plug in the Islander news, discussing their upcoming plans and such. Click the picture to read it up close, and look out for more shows posted here in the future.

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Vote Lou ‘08

I just want to begin by explaining that although this piece is political, relatively partisan and 100% factual; in no way do I intend to shit on a morons right to vote or a bigot’s right to free speech. These are simply accounts of how my own personal political journey made it’s way to this years election.

At about 5:30pm, just about the time the average yahoo like myself gets home from work, a fuck- force barrage of political coverage floods the tube like gay dudes at a Yani concert. MSNBC, FOX News and CNN all have their rock stars Keith Oberman, Anderson Cooper, Bill O’Reilly and Chris Matthews all jockeying for position to either change my mind or lie til their noses knock over the cue cards. Although I love to watch the daily events, just to store inside my basket of bullshit, I must agree that none whatsoever have swayed my political opinion. Watching however did make me wonder as to how I arrived at my current political affiliation. When did I make this independent choice to stay Democrat?

Continue reading Vote Lou ‘08…

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