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On the Level
Part thug, part street fighter, Rene Martinez flattens his opponents. Can his punch save him from himself?
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: September 3, 2009
Rene Martinez's shaved head glistens under the blazing sunlight that bathes the back yard of a lime-green house in Perrine, a predominantly poor suburb north of Homestead. His...
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Sweatin’ to the Oldies
By AMANDA MCCORQUODALE
Published: September 3, 2009
If you ain't nothin' but a hound dog, you might want to check out the jukebox musical Smokey Joe's Café at the University of Miami's Ring Theatre this Wednesday at 8...
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The Birth of a Baby Grand
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 3, 2009
When hip-hop thugs G-Unit rap "I move the keys, they call me the piano man," they're talking about transporting loads of happy powder, but when scene king Edison Farrow puts on...
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The Original Hoodoo Guru
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: September 3, 2009
"Jeho-vah is why we are in Vietnam," Ishmael Reed wrote in his 1969 Neo-Hoodoo Manifesto, an anti-religion, pro-religious tract that serves as the touchstone for the exhibition...
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Unleash Your Hog
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: September 3, 2009
Even if you've never wanted to own a motorcycle, admit it, you've at least wanted to be in a bike gang. Not a gun-toting, Gimme Shelter gang maybe, but an open road, Easy Rider...
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Permission to Go Mad
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 3, 2009
Some shows on the boob tube will suck you dry, leaving your brain with no sign of function or creativity. Others are so good they make you want to quit your job and be a...
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Meet Us on the Sand
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 3, 2009
If you want to wile away your lazy Labor Day Sunday hunched over a smoky grill, so be it. But if you'd like to spend it noshing on culinary delights from some of the areas most...
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Got Your Tickets?
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: September 3, 2009
Last year's Hugs and Spoons Show didn't draw quite the crowd organizers expected, so this year the Fair Expo Center decided to change course and host Victor Bean's Southern...
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Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
By JOE LAPIN
Published: September 3, 2009
When was the last time you did something nice for someone else in bed? How about in front of 15,000 screaming spectators? Put away the cookies and shut off the TV set, Miami,...
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Back to the Future, Again
By S. PAJOT
Published: September 3, 2009
If you haven't traveled to Clubland (AKA Miami Beach) in the past 48 hours, you might not be aware there's a new party genre in the offing. It's a little something called...
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Time to Face the Music
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: September 3, 2009
Walk into Pip and Duane Brant's new exhibit at ArtCenter/South Florida, and you might feel as if you've just stepped into a classic Steppenwolf tune — off on a magic...
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It’s About to Be a... Bullfight!
By Michael J. Mooney
Published: September 3, 2009
The humans are mostly quiet. They're polite young men, willing to climb atop animals a dozen times their size and try to hold on for eight seconds. The quadruped participants...
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Laugh Till It Stops Hurting
By LEAH WESTON
Published: September 3, 2009
Amid a deep recession, financial instability, and rising foreclosures, there is very little that seems funny these days. And that means it's a perfect time for a comedy...
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What’s Up with the Pinup?
By CLAUDIA SANTANA
Published: September 3, 2009
Pin-up girls are commonly valued for their aesthetics — their curvy figures associated with everything from tattoos to rockabilly album covers and floozy Halloween getups....
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The Crew with More than Nine Poplives
By JOSE D. DURAN
Published: September 3, 2009
In a city that has the attention span of a 5-year-old, it's surprising when anything lasts more than one year, let alone ten. So when Poplife celebrated its decade-old...
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Soft-Knock Life
By S. PAJOT
Published: September 3, 2009
Planet Earth is a really mean place, and sometimes just stepping out the door can scar sensitive human beings like us. That's why we need music. It lets us share our feelings...
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There Is No Fear in This Dojo
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: September 3, 2009
According to UFC President Dana White, there are only four or five fight teams in the nation capable of producing a champion, and South Florida's American Top Team is perhaps...
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A-R-T Gets the TBA Treatment
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 3, 2009
If you detest a good surprise, you might not want to go on a MoCA Mystery Date, one night of elegant dining and a private art showing at the home of a local collector. But...
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The Naked Truth
By Chris Joseph
Published: September 3, 2009
Streaks are generally a good thing, unless we're talking about those people in England who run around naked at tennis and soccer matches. Or the Florida Marlins. The Fish had a...
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If Toto Were from Harlem
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 3, 2009
A recent article in GQ had a cover line that read, "When Michael Was Cool." Sure, it's easy to forget how inherently awesome someone such as Michael Jackson is when you witness...
