Email Author Kris Conesa

2005 Stories by Kris Conesa

• Portrait of a Dealer

  published October 13, 2005

  Maestro is a Miami drug dealer who plies his trade at night, but you won't find him standing on a street corner, shifting his weight from foot to... More >>

• Hunk of Burning Funk

  published August 18, 2005

  Far away from anything remotely resembling South Beach cool, at a strip club called Playpen South, an African-American dwarf stripper named... More >>

• "Maestro" DVD Release Party

  published July 21, 2005

  Maestro, a feature documentary by Cuban-born Josell Ramos that attempts to chronicle the origin of dance music culture, forces the viewer... More >>

• Skunk's Seventh Annual Big Birthday Bash

  published July 21, 2005

  It's that time of year again when all self-respecting punks dutifully brush off their spiked leather jackets with the Dead Kennedys logos and head... More >>

• Karma

  published July 14, 2005

  The first thing listeners will ask themselves when attempting to buy Karma's latest release and first full-length album, Don't Walk, Fly,... More >>

• Rural Ruckus

  published June 30, 2005

  A gang of gas can-wielding, ATV-riding arsonists has been terrorizing a simple farming community, and the authorities have done little to curb the... More >>

• Scene and Heard

  published May 5, 2005

  Terror alert levels were high at the Miami Arena for the Billboard Latin Music Awards. Helicopters zoomed overhead and bomb-sniffing dogs... More >>

• Scrap Mettle

  published March 24, 2005

  To members of the media, the words "sardonic" and "Mickey Rourke" go together like the entwined lovers in Wild Orchid, the Rio de Janeiro... More >>

• Cartoon Swoon

  published March 17, 2005

  On a Thursday night in the exact middle of nowhere -- the Graham student center at Florida International University's West Miami-Dade campus -- a... More >>

• THIS JUST IN

  published March 10, 2005

  If Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots consummated their mutual passion for authentic rock and roll, the result would be the bastard love child... More >>

• THIS JUST IN

  published March 3, 2005

  After construction delays postponed its re-opening party two weeks ago, PS 14 is coming back with a bang. Now a bar and restaurant that... More >>

• THIS JUST IN

  published February 24, 2005

  If you plan on becoming a rock star one day, you need a few things: tattoos, a drug history, and whatever happens, get rid of the clarinet.... More >>

• Kicked Back and in the Green

  published January 13, 2005

  Hector Pio Ortiz is a made man. The electrician owns a Hialeah company that routinely wins multimillion-dollar contracts from Miami-Dade County to... More >>

• Horse So Fine

  published January 6, 2005

  SAT 1/8 Paso Fino horses are born with a unique and graceful four-beat lateral gait which is smooth for the rider and beautiful to... More >>