Email Author Arielle Castillo

Awards

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 17, 2009

  "Black Metal Titan Satyricon Plays Club Cinema"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ

  "Taking Back Screamo"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 28, 2009

  "Iggy Pop: King of the Dogs"

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2012 Stories by Arielle Castillo

• Q&A: Daniel Johnston on Recording, Regrets, and Celebrity Supporters

  published Dec 11, 2012

  Cult musician and visual artist Daniel Johnston might just suffer from an excess of mythology. For some two decades, the Austin-based performer has found champions for his work in big names like Tom W... More >>

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  Basel Castle 2012: Twin Shadow, Trinidad James, and Purity Ring

  published Dec 10, 2012

  Basel Castle With Twin Shadow, Trinidad James, Purity Ring, and many more The Overthrow Castle, Miami Saturday, December 8, 2012 Better Than: Getting stuck on the wrong side of the entrance ropes. ... More >>

• Must Love Cats

  published October 18, 2012

  Those of us who are forever stuck with the image of Gina Gershon as a star of the amazing Showgirls will only be reminded of it by the... More >>

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  R.I.P. Bobby Load, Friends & Fans Remember, Announce Fund for Memorial Services

  published Oct 20, 2012

  When Bobby Johnston, better known locally as Bobby Load, passed away yesterday, it seemed a particularly unfair piece of bad news for a segment of Miami's rock veterans. Following the old cliche of ba... More >>

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  Bobby Load, Miami Punk Legend, Dies; Memorial Tribute Planned for Hialeah Fest

  published Oct 19, 2012

  Today, the Miami punk scene marks the second loss of an icon in a little over three months. Just this past August, Dan Hosker of the Holy Terrors passed away some three months after a major late-nig... More >>

• Sky Zone Miami: Get High at the City's First Indoor Trampoline Park

  published Oct 12, 2012

  Sky Zone, Miami's first indoor trampoline park, is one of those amazing creations that, suddenly, fills all kinds of needs you didn't even know you had. The sprawling facility in central Doral celebra... More >>

• The Weeknd at Fillmore Miami Beach October 17

  published October 11, 2012

  The Weeknd at Fillmore Miami Beach October 17 More >>

• Better Off TED

  published September 27, 2012

  The first TED Talks — short for Technology, Entertainment, and Design — went down in 1984, but only in the past few years, the YouTube... More >>

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  Modern English's Robbie Grey on "I Melt With You" Fame: "It Was Literally Thrust Upon Us"

  published Sep 26, 2012

  Essex, England-birthed five-piece Modern English boasts a legacy that's pretty much the reverse of its '80s post-punk peers. Where similar outfits enjoyed serious commercial success in their homelan... More >>

• Live Rail

  published September 6, 2012

  We’re a real city! Shout that sentence in a Pinocchio voice as we all celebrate yet another hallmark of our proper intellectual city-dom: a... More >>

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  Borscht Filmmakers Stage Fidel Castro's Death at Versailles

  published Sep 07, 2012

  Yesterday morning at Versailles, despite both the hideously scorching early heat and the impending threat of rain, a small crowd gathered to celebrate a momentous event. A ragtag band of revelers from... More >>

• Truckin’

  published August 30, 2012

  All too often, Miami can seem like a city of haters, especially (and unfortunately) among its creative circles. We can be all too ready to build... More >>

• Ten Best Miami Bands of All Time

  published September 6, 2012

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• Funday Afternoon

  published August 23, 2012

  In other, less fortunate clubbing cities such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City, summer pool season lasts only a few short months. Poor saps. In... More >>

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  Bookleggers Mobile Library Returns to Lester's Thursday Night

  published Aug 22, 2012

  While the words "Miami" and "literary" are two words you see infrequently in the same sentence (except, maybe, in a joke), there are increasingly frequent glimmers of hope for the city's word-lovers. ... More >>

• Ink Seriously

  published August 16, 2012

  The mainstreaming of tattoo culture in America has paid off for everybody. More recognition for artists means more motivation and support for them... More >>

• Beyond the Beach

  published August 9, 2012

  Face it: The Grove might be a mellow, tree-lined hood in which to live, eat, and maybe shop, but it’s not exactly ground zero for the... More >>

• Five Years of Weirds

  published August 2, 2012

  Over the past five years of its official existence, the on-again, off-again Night of Weirds has morphed into a kind of bizarre extra limb... More >>

• Filthy Fun

  published July 26, 2012

  Earlier this summer, a handful of generous motorists pulled over to pick up a mustachioed hitchhiker on the side of the freeway, only to discover... More >>

• Diva Flow Yoga: Stretching on Silks, With a Side of Feminism

  published Jul 24, 2012

  It's always summer in Miami, which means our population is just a little more fitness-obsessed than the denizens of the average flyover state. We're also a city obsessed with the shiniest, latest tren... More >>

• The Great Con

  published June 28, 2012

  Being a geek is cool again. But no, busty girls with lensless glasses all over Instagram, you don’t count. We’ll define a real geek,... More >>

• TV Trainer and Author Jackie Warner on Balancing Booze and Your Beach Bod

  published Jun 20, 2012

  In the very particular universe of reality TV weight-loss and workout show personalities, superstar trainer Jackie Warner is neither the most punishing nor the most manic. Her past shows for Bravo -- ... More >>

• Viva la Vinyl

  published June 7, 2012

  In the digital age, vinyl records are pretty much museum pieces. With even CDs obsolete, those old black circular slabs can seem downright... More >>

• Robert Elias and the Revenge at the Clevelander Hotel May 30

  published May 24, 2012

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  Rusko at the Fillmore Miami Beach, May 19

  published May 20, 2012

  See the full 36-photo slideshow of Rusko at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Rusko With DJ Sigma Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, May 19, 2012 Better Than: Making out with a tree. Any talk about dubstep in... More >>