Email Author Matt Preira

2011 Stories by Matt Preira

• Five Really Old Rock Stars We'd Like to $#*%

  published Nov 10, 2011

  TMZ has got us playing a lil' game called, Who'd You Ratherr Of course, the implied last half of that question is: "...do it withr" And by it, we mean da nasty. Yesterday, the gossip site asked us... More >>

• Immortal Technique Performing Last-Minute Show at Occupy Miami Today

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Last night, the official Facebook for Occupy Miami -- the Dade County wing of the international, autonomous financial reform protest movement, Occupy Wall Street -- shouted out superlefty MC Immortal ... More >>

• Joyce Brabner on Harvey Pekar, American Splendor, and Building Monuments

  published Nov 09, 2011

  "Comics are words and pictures," opined the late Harvey Pekar, comic book writer, critic and cult-personality. "You can make anything with words and pictures." For over three decades -- as the writer ... More >>

• Destroyio Records Celebrates the Only Proper Pint in Miami at Churchill's Pub This Saturday

  published Nov 08, 2011

  The true secret to a bona fide proper pint lies in the foam. Just look to your right ... Doesn't that baby look deliciousr And whyr Because of the thick and creamy head. Meanwhile, like so many nuanc... More >>

• Muppets Collaborate With Joanna Newsom and Feist! Top Ten Musical Moments of Muppetry

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Music blog Stereogum has posted some teaser tracks from the forthcoming Muppets movie soundtrack and the songs feature two of indie rock's leading ladies: Joanna Newsom and Feist. You'd figure the Mu... More >>

• Five Reasons Lil Wayne's Rebirth 2 Will Be the Worst Album of the Year

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Remember Lil Wayne's rock album, Rebirthr Well, it was the only idea worse than Hulk Hogan's rap album. Nevertheless, Weezy is gearing up for a sequel. And we imagine it's going to be two times the ... More >>

• Tinariwen at Grand Central November 10

  published November 10, 2011

  Tinariwen at Grand Central November 10 More >>

• Win a Free Copy of John Sayles's A Moment in the Sun

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Postmodernism is slipperier than a greased watermelon. Society used to have simple standards and reasonable expectations: up was up, men and women were men and women, and fiction tidily progressed fro... More >>

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  Wu-Tang's GZA Announces Art Basel Performance of Liquid Swords at The Stage

  published Nov 04, 2011

  After the Wu-Tang mothership crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the first order of business was to send out the pods.... More >>

• AIDS Wolf Obliterates the Distinction Between Tight and Sloppy at Churchill's Pub, November 3

  published Nov 04, 2011

  AIDS Wolf With Last, Holly Hunt, Unicorn Hard-On and The Laundry Room Squelchers Churchill's Pub Thursday, November 3, 2011 Better Than: Whatever else was happening last night. Whenever some chump... More >>

• Funner Project's "Bros B4 Hoes": Penis Slides and Dildo Climbing Walls at Little River Yacht Club

  published Nov 04, 2011

  rEarlier this year, New Times bestowed Little River Yacht Club -- the furniture shop, studio, salon, and gallery -- with the honor of Best Place to Meet Intelligent Men in Miami. This Saturday's closi... More >>

• Top Ten Rock and Pop Stars Who Hate Digital Music Downloading

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Ever since the dawn of digitization, the internet-surfing public has had every bit of media at its fingertips. And once Napster took the music world by storm, there has been a constantly raging debate... More >>

• Austra and Grimes Get Dance-y and Drone-y at Grand Central, November 2

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Austra With Grimes Grand Central Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Better Than: Falling down a witch house YouTube rabbit hole. Last night, Nightdrive Miami presented its second major Grand Central produc... More >>

• Lost Boys Go Meta

  published October 20, 2011

  In 2004, thriller novelist Ridley Pearson and South Florida funnyman Dave Barry teamed up to write — of all things — a... More >>

• Rick Ross's Seizures Caused by Lack of Sleep; The Bawse Needs Maybach Muscles Program

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Last month, Crossfade reported a series of seizures suffered by M.I.Yayo's own Teflon Don, Rick Ross. The mess started aboard a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Mephis, where Rozay was opening a brand n... More >>

• Top Five Ridiculously Outrageous Rock Star Rider Requests

  published Nov 02, 2011

  After the money, sex, and drugs, the best part of being a rock star is the ability to ask for absolutely anything -- even shit you don't really want -- and then throw a nuclear-strength temper tantrum... More >>

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  Sebadoh Announces Miami Show at Grand Central With Surfer Blood and Jacuzzi Boys

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Man, oh man! We had the weirdest dream last night. Well, to start things off, Sebadoh was there. Y'know, the weepy and weird side-project-turned-anti-band started by Lou Barlow when his mid-'90s feud... More >>

• Arabian Dreams

  published November 3, 2011

  In the decade-plus since Miami Dade College started it's Middle East Dance Program, the curriculum -- and it's accompanying, annual Belly Dance... More >>

• CDs Are Dead! Crossfade's Five Fave Obsolete Music Formats

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Neither the dot-com bubble or the more recently burst housing bubble have got shit on the compact disc bubble of the '90s. And the reasons are precisely why the recording industry is preparing to offi... More >>

• Boyz II Men at the James L. Knight Center November 5

  published November 3, 2011

  Boyz II Men at the James L. Knight Center November 5 More >>

• AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3

  published November 3, 2011

  AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3 More >>

• Dolphins on Acid and Dubstep Billy Goats: Top Five YouTube Party Animals

  published Oct 31, 2011

  A wise man once said, "All music is shit to God." Crossfade is not that wise, but we have to agree. And let's face facts, humanity: Ever since we all got kicked out of the Garden of Eden, music has s... More >>

• Chris Cornell unplugged at Fillmore Miami Beach November 6

  published November 3, 2011

  Chris Cornell unplugged at Fillmore Miami Beach November 6 More >>

• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at Churchill's Pub, October 30

  published Oct 31, 2011

  Ted Leo and the Pharmacists With Deaf Poets and Pujol Churchill's Pub Sunday, October 30, 2011 Better Than: Bobbing for apples in the rain It's been a weird Halloween, rightr And not the good kind o... More >>

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  Five Children's Movies That Will Scare Your Kids This Halloween

  published Oct 31, 2011

  rThis Halloween, we're going all out. Our house is covered -- ceiling to cellar -- in phony cobwebs. We've got an unbroken chain of Jack-O-Lanterns lining the perimeter. And, yes, on the porch, comple... More >>