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2002 Stories by Juan Carlos Rodriguez

• Star Bores

  published December 19, 2002

  A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, a couple of dudes spent months camped out on a Seattle street waiting for the opening of the new... More >>

• These Are the Breaks

  published December 5, 2002

  After more than twenty years, one of Miami's original b-boys, Richard "Speedy Legs" Fernandez, is beginning to feel the toll of the countless... More >>

• High on Haiti

  published November 28, 2002

  "Can somebody pinch me," requests director Wilkenson Bruna, nervously speaking moments before his first feature film, Wind of... More >>

• Eco-Bay Watch

  published November 28, 2002

  Ten thousand years ago, when mastodon, woolly mammoths, and a fifteen-foot creature known as the dire wolf roamed the land, what we know as... More >>

• Film in the Florida Room

  published November 14, 2002

  Miamians have been hearing the same promise for years: The city is a certifiable and important center for the arts. It is on the cusp of... More >>

• Skate Lord

  published November 7, 2002

  Although the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau may not know it, Miami is a Mecca of sorts for skateboarders. Each year aficionados from... More >>

• Whip, Crop, Leg-Lift!

  published October 31, 2002

  "Who sent you here?" aerobics instructor/dominatrix Michelle demands to know after the hour-long workout called Whipped. The hard-bodied... More >>

• Elian: The Bus Tour

  published October 17, 2002

  Those aggressive Latin Americans. First they take over the town, and now they're hogging public transportation. Okay, that's just our Latin side,... More >>

• Herzog Head-Trip

  published October 10, 2002

  The legend of director Werner Herzog goes something like this: Raised in a remote mountain village in the Black Forest of Germany, the young... More >>

• Palm in Hand

  published October 10, 2002

  For the members of the Bonsai Society of Miami, size matters. Rather than dwell on the large, this assortment of tree lovers think diminutive is... More >>

• South American Style

  published September 26, 2002

  Twenty years after the rise of gangsta rap, its rebellious legacy is hollow, at least in the U.S. Once the voice of youthful defiance, American... More >>

• Altared States

  published September 26, 2002

  Remember this: Even though the New York Times is finally running same-sex commitment notices in its "Sunday Styles" section among hetero... More >>

• Cola Coda

  published September 5, 2002

  Strange math has been permuting the American psyche since the September 11th attacks. Perhaps in an attempt to rationalize deep-seated... More >>

• Goodbye, Doris

  published August 29, 2002

  Naked alien goddesses, with big tits and bouffant hair, frolicking in the sun on Super-8 film. Buxom harlots smothering men to death with their... More >>

• Deca-D

  published August 22, 2002

  In the salt-and-pepper years of his middle age, Bill Sullivan is fit, ruddy, and strong. Retired and living now in South Beach, the former... More >>

• Sr. Big Wheels

  published August 8, 2002

  Never mind getting behind the wheel of a dangerous Pinto, Pacer, or Gremlin, Lupe Sosa learned to drive in his grandfather's work truck and has... More >>

• Hope on the Half-Shell

  published August 1, 2002

  As the half-moon beams on a recent Thursday night, I stand at the ocean's edge among a group of nearly 50 Miami urbanites and suburbanites, hoping... More >>

• Twentieth-century Song

  published July 25, 2002

  Long before chart-toppers We Are The World and Feed the World, French woodworker and lyricist Eugene Pottier accomplished what... More >>

• Liberating the Truth

  published July 18, 2002

  The founding fathers of democracy, the greatest warriors and fearless revolutionaries who shaped modern societies and died for their causes, have... More >>

• Rewind/Fast Forward Fest

  published July 11, 2002

  This is not your average film festival, of which we know there are far too many. This is a multimedia mix that's all about archival images; if... More >>

• About a Dog

  published June 13, 2002

  It's tough being a dad in this world of uncertainties and expectations. Alimony keeps the ex-wife at bay, and tuition payments keep your... More >>

• The Great Flaming Escape

  published May 23, 2002

  When local escape artist/magician Dylan Ace approached Miami hotels and nightclubs for a place to perform his act, small-minded management... More >>

• The Food, The Film, The Artist

  published May 9, 2002

  When the concept of food is brought up in film, the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" cannot be ignored. In it seemingly benign... More >>

• Now It's Trova Time

  published April 18, 2002

  Revolution is often sparked by the simplest of weapons -- a voice, a guitar, a message. Such is the tradition of trova, an acoustic musical... More >>

• Sartorially Speaking

  published April 11, 2002

  People stare and smirk as you pass in your culottes, bat-wing top, and shoulder pads. You wear stirrup pants over your shoes. Your getups are not... More >>