Email Author Jacob Katel

2012 Stories by Jacob Katel

• Ziggy Marley at Fillmore Miami Beach May 9

  published May 3, 2012

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  Who Wants a Free Cabin on the ShipRocked Cruise 2012r Beg Nikki Sixx!

  published Apr 27, 2012

  See also ShipRocked interviews with "Gilby Clarke, Ex-Guns N' Roses Axe Man" and "Godsmack's Robbie Merrill." In the non-Miami parts of America, bands like P.O.D., Godsmack, and Sevendust are still o... More >>

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  Ziggy Marley on American Tax System: "It's Like Giving Unto Caesar, All They Want Is the Bomb"

  published Apr 25, 2012

  There's a dead body on the beach so full of bullet holes that the ocean can't keep up with all the blood that's pouring out. Life is ugly, life is beautiful. And Ziggy Marley's latest album, Wild and... More >>

• Stoned Cinema

  published April 19, 2012

  The French spliff, or marijuana cigarette, is sprinkled with tobacco, topped with hash, and rolled into a weedy cone. It is smoked while drinking... More >>

• Magrudergrind at Churchill's Pub April 28

  published April 26, 2012

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• Free 4/20 Music: Nag Champayons Release "183 St Flea Market" For Weed Day

  published Apr 20, 2012

  See Crossfade's top ten 4/20 parties in Miami. In the days before ganja, Planet Earth was a boring expanse of mountains, flatlands, and water. But on the fourth day, there was weed, and it was good,... More >>

• Skrillex, Topless Girls, Drinking, and Partying: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown of His Behind-the-Scenes Video in Miami

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Skrillex is on a speedboat flying through the Biscayne Bay. He's on his way to commit mass murder at Ultra Music Festival where he will kill beats and cause a massive dubstep bloodbath. For now, he'... More >>

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  Top Ten 4/20 Parties in Miami

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Oye, burnout! Did you know that 4/20 isn't just a day for getting stonedr It's also that time of year when millions of human beings all around the world light a plant on fire at the same time, fewer... More >>

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  Magrudergrind Talks Screaming, Graffiti, and Smoking Crack

  published Apr 18, 2012

  On Magrudergrind's Crusher EP, there's a track called "Heaviest Bombing" about writing graffiti. It fades from grindcore brutality into a hip-hop breakdown, ends in a squall of screeching feedback, an... More >>

• Mr. Haka at Jazid April 21

  published April 19, 2012

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• Top Six 4/20 Parties in South Florida April 20

  published April 19, 2012

  Top Six 4/20 Parties in South Florida April 20 More >>

• Tabou Combo at Rhythm Foundation's Big Night in Little Haiti April 20

  published April 19, 2012

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  Quantic, Pedrito Martinez, and Mr. Pauer at the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2012

  published Apr 16, 2012

  The cool sea breeze whipped through the North Beach Bandshell on Saturday night as Afro-Latin rhythms bounced off the circular wall of the oceanside, outdoor venue. Colombia's Quantic Sound System an... More >>

• Twerk Team MIA's Booty-Shaking Videos Are All About "Action and ASS!!!"

  published Apr 16, 2012

  Twerk Team Miami loves a big juicy ass shaking to some music. But these ass aficionados wanted to go bigger. So they've taken the concept of the booty-shaking video, and added elements like storylin... More >>

• Tabou Combo's Kapi Talks Jimmy Buffett, Royalties, and Restavek

  published Apr 11, 2012

  Haitian dance band Tabou Combo has come a long way since starting out as Los Incognitos in Petionville, Haiti, in 1968. After moving to New York City in the '70s, Yvon "Kapi" Andre and the rest of t... More >>

• Mr. Haka Brings "El Legendario" Flow to Jazid on April 21

  published Apr 09, 2012

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• Philly Sucks

  published March 29, 2012

  The Philadelphia 76ers haven’t been to the NBA Finals since 2001, and they haven’t won a championship since 1983. They’re... More >>

• La Cuba pa’ la Gente

  published March 29, 2012

  There’s a boatload of reasons to visit the Global Cuba Fest at the North Beach Bandshell, and none of them involves that old guy with... More >>

• Parable MC Takes America, Talks 40 Days of Warped Tour, New Music, and Video

  published Apr 04, 2012

  Professional hip hop lyricist Parable MC only spent three months out of the last year in Miami. The rest of the time he was working events across America as an MC for hire. He was on a side stage at ... More >>

• Famous Naked Flesh

  published March 29, 2012

  Something like 90 percent of all Internet traffic is generated by searches for porn, so it’s no surprise that New Zealand indie band the... More >>

• NoSleep305 Talks Jungle Psychosis, Cocaine, Bass, and Hip Hop

  published Apr 03, 2012

  Governments create human killing-machines by robbing them of sleep. Yogis deprive themselves of it for spiritual enlightenment. Electronic collective NoSleep305's Dni replaces it with music, and runs... More >>

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  Eyehategod Ripped Hell Open at Churchill's Pub, Saw Satan Headbanging

  published Apr 02, 2012

  Eyehategod's first song at Churchill's opened a portal to hell. The whole club was transported to a world of fire and brimstone, demons and evil. And you thought the bathrooms were bad before. For a... More >>

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  Johnny Dread Talks Smoking Fatties, Ethiopia, and Tobacco Road's 100th Anniversary

  published Mar 30, 2012

  What happens when you introduce a Cuban basketball star to weed, percussion, and the Marley familyrYou get Johnny Dread, a rasta music ambassador since 1987 when he started playing drums in the band C... More >>

• She-Devils and Soul Serpents

  published March 22, 2012

  Once upon a time, we were all born naked. But just as soon as our asses hit the wind, society swaddled us up in rules and norms and regulations... More >>

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  Eyehategod's Mike IX Williams: "I Can't Damage Myself Too Much Anymore or I Might Wake Up Unconscious Forever"

  published Mar 29, 2012

  The members of New Orleans sludge metal band Eyehategod don't worship Satan. They don't kill virgins, hang them upside down over a tub, and wash themselves in blood. They don't dance inside circles ... More >>