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21. Metro

    Fetish Icon Gets Busy

    Businesswoman by day, rubber maiden by night.

    By Michael J. Mooney

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Camera flashes reflect off of her skin-tight red and black rubber corset. Shiny electrical tape covers her nipples. Wearing sleek fishnet stockings and gigantic, lethal high...

22. Riptide

    Dozens of Dogs Die

    A tale of 78 abused pets and two peculiar people.

    By Frank Houston

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Charlie Klar crossed NE 10th Avenue with his weed whacker. He approached the six-foot wooden fence surrounding the overgrown lot on the corner of 139th Street, cranked up the...

23. Letters

    Letters from the Issue of June 26, 2008

    "How many times have we heard the expression 'look for trouble hard enough and you'll find it'? What an a**hole."

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Swimming with Sharks Gimme a break: Regarding "Shark Huggers" by Amy Guthrie (June 12): Too bad about that jerk who got killed by sitting on a box of chum, 11 fathoms down,...

24. Metro

    Baby Caught in the Crossfire

    A two-year-old is shot and sent into a coma over a pot deal.

    By Tamara Lush

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Shortly after sunset on April 18, Nadia Garçon, a pretty 20-year-old with long, blond braids and almond-shaped eyes, stood in the hallway of her Little Haiti apartment...

25. Music

    Sane in the Membrane

    Believe it or not, Lil Wayne is cool, calm, and calculating.

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Lil Wayne is not batshit insane. Let's be clear about that. Okay, he regularly refers to himself as an extraterrestrial and seems to have an utter disregard for the rule of law...

26. Music

    Shooting Stars

    Wisin & Yandel aim for crossover staying power.

    By José Dávila

    Published: June 26, 2008

    I first met Wisin & Yandel a year ago, in the swank lobby of a San Juan hotel in their native Puerto Rico. At the time, they were the most popular reggaeton group in the world,...

27. Suicide Blonde

    Metal Rules

    My iPhone says Buckcherry is worthy of rocking with the Crüe.

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    I first discovered my iPhone's musical taste this past March, at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Watching a very epic metal bill at the outdoor barbecue joint/venue Stubb's (Enslaved,...

28. Burner

    Head Spins: DJ Irie

    The king of clubs, and official Miami Heat DJ, now boasts a namesake party weekend.

    By John Hood

    Published: June 26, 2008

    How Miami's own DJ Irie handles his heavy schedule is anybody's guess. He boasts residencies at the Delano, the Forge, the Ganesvoort, Cameo, the Shore Club — and that's...

29. Burner

    The Gardis Say Adios

    Local Argentine rock stalwarts play their last show at Finnegan's.

    By Julienne Gage

    Published: June 26, 2008

    It's hard to hold an interview with Argentine rock band the Gardis at Finnegan's Pub on Lincoln Road. Each question is interrupted by a bartender, bar crawler, or obsessive...

30. Burner

    Power Pop Rocks

    Rooney and Locksley snap and crackle at Revolution.

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The L.A. quintet Rooney has not exactly suffered from its Hollywood connections or good looks. Frontman Robert Schwartzman is the brother of actor (and occasional rocker)...

31. Livewire

    MoCA's Battle of the Bands

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Rock geeks across the county have already shuffled (real rockers don't run or flock) to check out MoCA's superhip summer exhibition, "Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and...

32. Livewire

    Radioclit

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 26, 2008

    They've got perhaps the best DJ collective name of all time, and that alone is reason to pay these guys some attention. And when you think about it, if you're an audiophile,...

33. Livewire

    Negroni's Trio

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: June 26, 2008

    At the heart of Negroni's trio are father José Negroni and son Nomar, both hailing from Puerto Rico, plus a rotating pool of guest bassists. They've been making strides...

34. Livewire

    Stealth Records presents Laidback Luke

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The 32-year-old house producer and DJ known as Laidback Luke first got his kicks in his native Holland as a graffiti artist. When the thrill of the physical and legal danger...

35. Rotations

    Lil Wayne

    Tha Carter III (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Destined to be a stoner classic, Tha Carter III should silence critics who think Lil Wayne can't make a cohesive album. His vision and self-confidence have improved...

36. Rotations

    The Sword

    Gods of the Earth (Kemado)

    By Nicholas L. Hall

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Over the course of previous releases — a split album with Swedish doom-monger Witchcraft and two CDs on their own — these Austin-bred metal apologists have never...

37. Rotations

    Mates of State

    Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Husband-and-wife team Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner seemingly make gorgeous indie pop songs as easily and casually as the rest of us shower in the morning. Much has changed...

38. Rotations

    Various Artists

    Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway) and Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump (Strut)

    By Dave Segal

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Finding out that Nigeria had thriving psych-rock and funk scenes in the Seventies is akin to discovering Yemen harbored a killer ice-hockey league in the Phil Esposito era. But...

39. Cafe

    Still Lazy After All These Years

    Baleen continues to coast.

    By Lee Klein

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Baleen was an instant hit when it debuted at the Grove Isle Hotel & Spa in March 1999, and for good reason: The heavenly outdoor patio, with white gauzy curtains billowing in...

40. Five Questions

    Gabriele Marewski

    By Lee Klein

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Gabriele Marewski, of Paradise Farms, moved to Homestead in 1984 with a degree in agronomy from the University of Maryland (her home state). Fifteen years later, she purchased...