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Last week, an anti-gay marriage measure passed statewide, garnering a majority of votes in every Florida county but Monroe. The ballot was one of the great paradoxes in...
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Miami Book Fair International's street fair is coming this weekend, and to celebrate, Riptide called up Dennis Lehane, author of best sellers turned box office hits Mystic...
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Kimbo Didn't Dive
He fell: Bob Norman's November 6 story, "Kimbo's Slide," is total bullshit. Why would Kimbo throw the fight? The guy was trying to build a rep for himself....
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Melissa, a blonde in her late forties who looks like she's been bitch-slapped by the sun, kneels in a pair of tight Swarovski crystal-studded jeans on a shiny dance floor. As...
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Few cinematic moments feature such a perfect marriage of image and song as one in Goodfellas, with protagonist Henry Hill coked out of his skull and packing a bag of guns. As...
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The first and last time I saw Omaha, I was struck by the tremendous gray of the place. The town's sky, its streets, its buildings, even the skin of the townsfolk themselves...
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Surrounded by architectural plans and metaphysical tracts, Dharma, drummer and founder of the local band OrganicArma, can seem like he was beamed down from the mother ship....
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On any given Friday night at the Lincoln Road swank spot Gemma, with its touch of Euro-class and cosmopolitan attributes, you'd never think the DJ propelling the room happens...
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Many groups lose their original creative spark after their first couple of releases and spend the bulk of their careers trying to get it back. Cyne, the hip-hop quartet based...
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Since his 1979 debut, Look Sharp, Joe Jackson has delved into a variety of genres, traversing through pop, jazz, and Latin, and even trying his hand at classical. Though some...
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Instrumental rock quartet Pelican has markedly evolved in recent years. Perhaps it's because the band moved from its hometown of Chicago to the sunnier climes of Los Angeles....
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It might seem hard to believe, but there was a time when the idea of mixing punk rock with the aesthetics of skateboarding was brand-new. Back in those old-school days,...
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Inspired by the likes of Masters at Work and Mousse T, Fedde Le Grand is known as an all-around DJ possessed of a special knack for decorating energetic, danceable house music...
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Few bands have had such an intense rotation of members as the Doobie Brothers. At the group's inception in 1971, vocalist/guitarist Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman...
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Bengal's contemporary two-level space is lovely. Walls of pastel mint green are minimally adorned with brightly colored sconces that illuminate the restaurant at night; during...
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Those of us who adored Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the haggard, self-parodic James Bond franchise, had some trouble trying to decide where to place it among the series'...
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The five-year-old didn't laugh as much as his 40-year-old father, which, granted, isn't the basis upon which to conclude too much. Then again, most of the adults at a...
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Before Brian Burkhardt became an artist, he toiled in the back-breaking fields of east Long Island commercial farms, where his hands were often blistered by pesticides. "I was...
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The Undoing
Through November 15. Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, 194 NW 30th St., Miami; 305-573-2130, www.galerieperrotin.com. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Daniel...
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Adam Szymkowicz's Nerve needs a new name. Its two characters are notable for many things — guilelessness, instability, horniness, and especially awkwardness — but...
