Email Author Jacob Katel

2011 Stories by Jacob Katel

• Rap Like Tupac at Dixie Lounge's Cabby Tuesdays Hip-Hop Karaoke

  published Aug 09, 2011

  We first heard about Cabby Tuesdays from DJ Primetime's underground pirate radio show on 89.1 FM The Streets. He was broadcasting live from the Dixie Lounge, where every week local up-and-comers thr... More >>

• Twelve Photos and a Conversation at Big Poppa E's Stormy Sunday Blues Brunch

  published Aug 08, 2011

  US Highway 1 is one of the original roadways carved into the great land of Miami, and her curves stretch from Key Largo all the way to Maine. So when Big Poppa E plays two sets every Sunday at Metro... More >>

• Miami's top ten hardcore punk bands

  published July 28, 2011

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• Punk Ain't Dead! Miami's Top Ten Hardcore Punk Bands

  published Jul 20, 2011

  One day soon, a flood may come and drown all of Miami in the Biscayne Bay, but for now, the city stinks, God is broke, and the youth are getting restless. The politicians hate the workers and the poor... More >>

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  Playboy Names Mac's Club Deuce One of the Best Bars in America

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Whether you're a cracked-out bum or a rock star, it's 8 a.m. and you need two drinks for the price of one. Time to hit Mac's Club Deuce. You could be fresh out of Dade County Jail and still wearing ... More >>

• Level From Alukard Talks Vigilante Justice, L.A., and Rock Of Ages

  published Jul 13, 2011

  Just because Miami doesn't have any alternative music on the radio, it doesn't mean the city isn't producing radio-worthy rock. Alukard has been making the 305 headbang since forming in 2003. And no... More >>

• Ital Is Vital Rasta Cooking Video

  published Jul 11, 2011

  rWhen you smoke herb, it reveals your food to yourself. Sure, you can live your whole life eating nothing but processed industrial food type products, and we love pork fat, and gas station patti... More >>

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  Parable vs. Miami Beat Wave in New Video and Mixtape

  published Jul 05, 2011

  Miami MC Parable is in fight mode. His new mixtape, VS, sees him trading hooks with artists like Llamabeats, throwing jabs at producers like the Miami Beat Wave, and stepping razors against DJ Gu... More >>

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  Miami's Five Best Parties for Fourth of July 2011

  published Jun 28, 2011

  Once upon a time in America, the British Empire thought they could tell us what to do, and make us pay them for the privilege. Then we kicked their ass in front of everybody, made Britain our royal ... More >>

• Talking Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music for the Flamingo New Music Festival

  published Jun 24, 2011

  We've liked the idea of classical music ever since watching A Clockwork Orange. All those strings, all that bass, and all that drama made it the perfect soundtrack for sex and violence. So for years, ... More >>

• Glow Away

  published June 23, 2011

  His muscles tense as he grips his cannon. Thick, glowing goo splats across her exposed skin. She rubs it in, wipes it from her lips, and smiles.... More >>

• Big Poppa E and the E Band at Tobacco Road June 27

  published June 23, 2011

  Big Poppa E and the E Band at Tobacco Road June 27 More >>

• 20 Photo Highlights From Big Night In Little Haiti, June 17

  published Jun 20, 2011

  In just a few days, the Magnum Band of Miami celebrates its 35th anniversary. On Friday night, though, the band got the party started a little early with a free set at Rhythm Foundation and Little Ha... More >>

• Climb Over to Treehouse for This Week's Summer Sunday Sessions With Bloody Mary

  published Jun 17, 2011

  There's nothing in the world like a good treehouse. We blazed one with a guy named Rasta who had a badass tree mansion somewhere in South Dade. It was tricked out with air conditioning, a fish tank, ... More >>

• Big Momma in the House

  published June 16, 2011

  Hecklers, beware. Comedian Martin Lawrence is a knockout performer, and he’s physically capable of kicking your ass. The former Golden... More >>

• Get Wet With Robbie Rivera, David Tort, and Cedric Gervais at Summer Splash Music Festival

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Ever since the days of the pirates, the Florida Keys have given humanity one of the finest geographies on Earth for getting fucked up, dancing, and running naked on the sand bar. For the next three ... More >>

• Drunken Llamas, Beer, and Tits at Seven Seas Karaoke Night in West Miami

  published Jun 15, 2011

  Any bar with a rifle on the wall next to some kind of furry decapitated llama head wearing a Dolphins hat is fucking awesome in our book. But Seven Seas, the great Red Road dive has more to offer. N... More >>

• Rock Of Ages Builds the Sunset Strip in Downtown Miami

  published Jun 14, 2011

  A few years ago, Jason Handelsman wrote: "The outskirts of Miami's Overtown hood are becoming a gentrified version of the Sunset Strip in LA." And now it's actually happened. New Line Cinema is shoo... More >>

• Mikey Steel's Birthday Summer Slam Bashathon Costume Party at Churchill's Pub Tonight

  published Jun 14, 2011

  Who is Mikey Steel, and why should you care about his birthdayr He was born in the mountains of Kentucky. His momma was a black bear and his daddy was a mountain lion. They lived off pork fat and wh... More >>

• Pass the Babakoo

  published June 9, 2011

  The best rum in the world is called Barbancourt, and it comes from Haiti. This top-shelf liquor is so smooth you can pour it in your cereal for... More >>

• Big Poppa E Rules the Blues at Tobacco Road Tonight

  published Jun 13, 2011

  The oldest liquor license in Dade County belongs to Tobacco Road. B.B. King has played there, John Lee Hooker has played there, and more blues legends than you can roll a barrel of whiskey at have t... More >>

• Follow the Trail of Beards to ZZ Top at Hard Rock Live Tomorrow

  published Jun 07, 2011

  We're talking ZZ Top, and you will know them by their trail of beards. They're from Houston, a city so city full of gold grills, candypaint, lean, slang, and pirates that it might as well be called ... More >>

• Tico Pasquet Talks Magnum Band of Haiti's 35th Anniversary

  published Jun 06, 2011

  If you bring your flask out to the party for Big Night in Little Haiti on Friday, June 17, make sure to fill it with Barbancourt, it's the best rum in the world, and the liquor will have you feeling r... More >>

• Memorial Events, Funeral, and Videos for Will "Da Real One" Bell, Gunned Down at 47

  published Jun 03, 2011

  We'd never seen a real-life poet before Will Da Real One. He was not some boring page inside a book, or stale words inside a class room. He was a giant dude using spoken word to grip an audience with ... More >>

• Prank Calling Six Miami Bars and Strip Clubs Where You Should Go Watch the Heat vs. Mavs

  published Jun 01, 2011

  Pour us another IPA. All this ass kickin' is making us thirsty. By ass kickin', we mean basketball. And by thirsty, we mean drunk. What can we say, Miami loves a team that wins, and right now The He... More >>