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2010 Stories by Jacob Katel

• Tusk Off

  published December 30, 2010

  At the start and end of each Ringling Bros. performance in Miami, elephants will march trunk to tail downtown between the train tracks and the... More >>

• Stoned Blind

  published December 30, 2010

  These days, Lady Fortune is Vanna White, a blond goddess we sometimes watch when we’re stoned. But back in Medieval times, Lady Fortune was a... More >>

• La Camaronera's Fish Box Food Truck on Biscayne

  published Dec 29, 2010

  We were headed up to the Biscayne Triangle Food Truck Roundup last night, but when we got to Biscayne and 64th street, La Camaronera's Fish Box, Sakaya Kitchen's Dim Ssam a Go Go, Chef Bullfrog's Gast... More >>

• Top 10 Worst Burger Toppings In The World

  published Dec 28, 2010

  This year, Burger King's gift to England was a limited time burger topped with brussel sprouts and emmental cheese.The Brits were pissed, the king apologized, and the Brazilians who bought the company... More >>

• Get Up, Stand Up

  published December 23, 2010

  When slavery ruled Haiti, field workers lived and died worse than farm animals. But up in the mountains, the drums of revolution sounded. In 1804,... More >>

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  Top Ten Worst Christmas Songs of All Time

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Shitty Christmas music makes Santa mad. Hey, the guy's gotta drive 'round the whole world and the last thing he wants on such a long road trip is crappy tunes. And that means all the CDs he throws out... More >>

• Patty Place Serves Real Jamaican Fire

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Who was the first to make an ackee & saltfish loafr According to Michael "Moppy" Daly, he was. And he did it at The Patty Place, his shop in Miami Gardens. In 2008, the place won our Best Jamaican... More >>

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  Open Season at Knaus Berry Farm in Pictures

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Knaus Berry Farm bakery probably makes the best cinnamon rolls anywhere in the world. We can't guarantee it, but most people who've had them agree. "The recipe isn't neccessarily secret, but we don't... More >>

• Carols on Steroids

  published December 16, 2010

  Christmas music sucks. Silence is cheap. Be economical and quit whining. Chip Davis knows what we’re talking about. The man behind American... More >>

• Silly Adult, Flix Are For Kids

  published December 16, 2010

  Throw away the TV. Kids these days are into Saturday morning Internet, the post-millennial cartoon pipeline. They can access interactive content... More >>

• Too Haute to Handel

  published December 9, 2010

  Ancient British costumes make a mockery of great men. Take George Frideric Handel for instance. In a 1733 portrait, he wears a lacy scarf, puffy... More >>

• Tool Academy

  published December 9, 2010

  If the words prison sex, stinkfist, crawl away, or disgustipated make you smile, then you might be a predicate felon... More >>

• Otto Von Schirach Trips Into the Bermuda Triangle at Dorsch Gallery

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Saturday night in Wynwood felt like God peeled our cap back, palmed our brain, and dunked it in a vat of freezing acid. Not the kind that corrodes to the bone. The kind that makes you trip your face o... More >>

• Underwear

  published November 25, 2010

  This current exhibit at the University of Miami's Wynwood Project Space is Ricardo Zulueta's "Domesticated Homosapiens in Traditional Costume... More >>

• Addonis Parker: Earthly Addonis

  published November 25, 2010

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• Slip-N-Slide's Ted Lucas Says Stop the Violence and Dance

  published Nov 20, 2010

  Slip-N-Slide founder Ted Lucas says: "I remember when we had breakdancing. We used to go to the youth fair and go have a real breakdancing contest." So he used to be a breakdancerr "I did a little som... More >>

• Brothers to the Reading

  published November 18, 2010

  We asked longtime pilot and Brothers to the Rescue founder José Basulto whether skill helped him avoid being shot down by Cuban... More >>

• Los Aldeanos Straight Outta Cuba at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Los Aldeanos With Silvito el Libre Miami-Dade County Auditorium Sunday, November 14, 2010Better than: Living in Cuba.Across the street from the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Vigila Mambisa protesters ... More >>

• Che Pasta, Lilo's Pizza, and Macy's Taste Bar Busted

  published Nov 15, 2010

  So, you haven't heard from us in a while. Doesn't mean rat  turds aren't ending up in your lunch break. Brush your teeth and read on to find out who's been busted recently for health code violati... More >>

• Iskander Talks Los Aldeanos y Cuban Conscious Hip-Hop

  published Nov 09, 2010

  Los Aldeanos is leading the new generation of rebel music in Cuba. Since 2003, this collective has operated from within the confines of a tyrannical dicatatorial regime and made conscious hip-hop... More >>

• Top 10 Worst Food Recalls of 2010

  published Nov 09, 2010

  Blech! We used to think food recalls were a rare phenomenon. Turns out American factory culture may not have changed enough since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," to stop bacterium-infected food pro... More >>

• Los Aldeanos and Silvito el Libre at Miami-Dade County Auditorium November 14

  published November 11, 2010

  Los Aldeanos and Silvito el Libre at Miami-Dade County Auditorium November 14 More >>

• Rambling Plan

  published November 4, 2010

  During most of our lame, suburban upbringing, we figured all food was made by lab-coat-clad fascists on petri-dish assembly lines. We still have... More >>

• These Riddles Three

  published November 4, 2010

  Opera can be brutal. In Turandot, set in ancient China, a cold-hearted bitch of a princess says that before she will marry, her... More >>

• Pass Me the Green

  published November 4, 2010

  During most of our lame, suburban upbringing, we figured all food was made by lab-coat-clad fascists on petri-dish assembly lines. We still have... More >>