Plus, I try to book stuff I really want to see. I try and get a little something from each county. I like having a solid, touring opener for it. It was going to be around the time as the anniversary party. Tell me about the anniversary show: How did you decide on the participating bands?Ī.J.

You have the upcoming four-year anniversary show for PureHoney any thoughts on ever having a PureHoney festival in the same vein as Pitchfork? Yes, but that will require a solid sponsor, a mysterious, silent benefactor, or at the very least a Knight Foundation grant to get the ball rolling. Of course, local acts submit songs as well. We also share songs from bands that are affiliated with festivals who purchase our large fold-out posters. They have a lot more “undiscovered” content than the usual sources. Playlists are mostly generated from new bands I come across online, usually through Last.fm. Where do you get most of your music intel? Turn people on to music and bands that fly below the radar, share local events info, support the South Florida community. When you first began your music blog, The Honeycomb, in 1998, what was the goal? It’s gotten to be a little more college-town-y over the years, but it’s not like you’re sitting in the middle of the country, where the scene kids are gravitating toward a central area and people can come from all the way around. A lot of young people grow up and go away to college they don’t stick around here. The transient nature - there are a lot of people that come and go in Florida. By diversity, I don’t mean just the ethnic nature but also the age differentials - we’ve got a lot of older people down. That’s due to the diversity and the transient nature of the. Well, it’s going to be what it’s going to be. Things are generally pretty good right now. Historically it seems to me that every three to five years, we see a positive bump in activity and good vibes. You’ve been around the South Florida music scene for almost 20 years what is the current state of affairs?Įverything is cyclical. New Times: What does a day in the life of Steev Rullman look like? “The very nature of Florida and the types of people make for a difficult scene.” tweet this But the good man took a break from the hustle to chat just before PureHoney’s upcoming fourth anniversary jam at Respectable Street: Steev Rullman has done a lot in two decades. He also started a local music website - The Honeycomb, then - and manages to regularly put out a fold-out printed zine with collectible posters. He’s hosted a radio show, promoted bands, co-owned a record shop, and most recently, established a label, Camp Thunderbee Records. He’s booked countless shows, in pretty much every South Florida music venue, current and defunct.

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