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Night&Day
Convention of Harmony
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: June 25, 2009
Just as electronic music flows through Miami’s veins, jazz is the lifeblood of New Orleans. Katrina may have battered the bayou beyond recognition, but as long as...
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Night&Day
We’ll Judge You by Your Profile Pic
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 25, 2009
At first, Facebook was an invaluable way to connect with a friend of a friend of that girl you knew in your poli- sci class. But things were different way back in 2003. Now the...
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Night&Day
Exploding Cigars
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 25, 2009
For Groucho Marx, the stock market was nothing to laugh at. The mustached wag invested his fortune, a quarter-million dollars, on a tip from a bellhop at the Ritz-Carlton...
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Night&Day
The ABFF Drops into Town
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 25, 2009
Miami is home to more than a few film festivals. Whether you’re a woman or a Jew, gay or Brazilian, there’s a celebration of your group’s cinematic acumen. This...
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Night&Day
Jam On It
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: June 25, 2009
Besides presiding "over the boards," as they say, what music producers like to do best is throw wicked birthday parties sponsored by energy drink companies like Red Bull...
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Night&Day
Get it, Chachi
By John Hood
Published: June 25, 2009
It would be enough of an accomplishment if 24 - year - old DJ Chachi simply spun at Tenjune -- after all, it is one of the Big Bad Apple's hippest hotspots. But that's not...
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Night&Day
Herman's Hermits Come Out to Play
By BRETT GILLIN
Published: June 25, 2009
Their website claims they're the original British Invasion band, just above a scrolling banner begging visitors to "Call your local Oldies station and request a Herman's...
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Night&Day
He's Everything
By Sean Levisman
Published: June 25, 2009
Fred Everything (born Frédéric Blais in Quebec) got his moniker back in the rave days, when he was known as DJ Everything, because he'd spin everything from house...
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Night&Day
More Letters than the Alfabet
By BRETT GILLIN
Published: June 25, 2009
Has the Culture Room gone a little soft for your tastes this week? Plain White T's, Boys Like Girls, and Drop Dead, Gorgeous are all on this week's bill, but not to worry, true...
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Night&Day
Garage Rock Cowboy
By ERICA K. LANDAU
Published: June 25, 2009
Before the straw-haired singer-songwriter Jim Camacho was one of South Florida’s acoustic darlings, he fronted one of the most exciting South Florida bands, the Goods,...
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Riptide
Death and Tacos
A young mother suffered an unhappy fate at a classic Miami-Dade greasy spoon.
By Natalie O'Neill
Published: June 25, 2009
On a Sunday night last January, a bubbly brunette waitress named Courtney Rhon stopped for take-out at El Toro Taco in Homestead. The 32-year-old mother of two ordered a beef...
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Riptide
Cash-a-Check Employee Gets Duped Out of $26,000
Any story that starts this way can't be all bad.
By Natalie O'Neill
Published: June 25, 2009
Michael Rodriguez, a tall and wiry 18-year-old with a waterfall of brown curls, answered the phone at Cash-a-Check at Biscayne Boulevard and 137th Street around 4 p.m. this...
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Riptide
Feline-Lovin' Sadists
Miamians prove there's more than one way to skin a cat killer.
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Published: June 25, 2009
When police arrested infamous suspected cat killer Tyler Weinman last week, it ignited a furious online discussion of how he should be punished. And, wow, Miamians are capable...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of June 25, 2009
Published: June 25, 2009
Faulting Father Shame, shame: It makes me sick to my stomach to see how Alberto Cutié has been behaving with the media, as described in Francisco Alvarado's June 18...
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Loon Over Miami
It's Ladies' Night
And areolas, unicorns, and lots of low-rent alcohol make the feeling right.
By Elyse Wanshel
Published: June 25, 2009
Onstage at Mr. Moe's (3131 Commodore Plaza, Coconut Grove) is a blonde who resembles every stringy-haired chick you've ever seen with the words "Too Hot to Handle" plastered...
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Magic City Kitty
Same Pump, Different Day
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 25, 2009
Hello, Kitty: I've been single for close to a year now and while I don't miss the stress of having to entertain a girlfriend, I do miss the guaranteed sex of a relationship. I...
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Music
Cat Shell: One Cool Cat
Fresh-faced Boca chanteuse expands her reach.
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: June 25, 2009
When New Times first caught up with Cat Shell last year, the Boca-based singer-songwriter was trying to accomplish that age-old dream: Make enough money from music to quit the...
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Music
Josh Freese: Workin' for the Fan
Superstar drummer of Devo and A Perfect Circle sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp dinners to promote his new album.
By Vickie Chang
Published: June 25, 2009
As the sun sets over a courthouse parking lot, one of the best and busiest session drummers in the industry stands motionless, a pair of shearing scissors in one hand, a...
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Burner
Lisa Lisa's Pop Power
Her longevity proves she's more than a cult jam.
By Jose Flores
Published: June 25, 2009
When dance-pop diva Lisa Lisa was 13 years old, she started sneaking out of the house to hit dance clubs. Her goal? To get discovered as a singer. And even though what she was...
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Burner
The Citrus Circuit Tour Is Juicy
And it's swinging through South Florida.
By John Hood
Published: June 25, 2009
It's highly unlikely that the Florida Citrus Commission even knows about, let alone condones, the upcoming five-city Citrus Circuit Tour. But it would definitely be in their...
