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Night&Day
Let’s See a Movie About Rain and Singing
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 17, 2009
If there were to be only one film title to sum up Miami, there’d be a tie between last year’s Oscar fave, Slumdog Millionaire (a nod to our bling-worshipping...
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Night&Day
Straight, with Chaser
By JOE LAPIN
Published: September 17, 2009
Imagine yourself in the courtyard of Books & Books in Coral Gables as the moon reflects off your glass of Pinot Grigio. You’re listening to Aaron Lebos’s guitar...
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Night&Day
Less Is More
By S. PAJOT
Published: September 17, 2009
Sure, the Internet might be infinite, but all of you laptop producers gotta understand it’s not OK to digitally release whatever noise pollution creeps out of your...
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Night&Day
The Revolution Will Be Televised
By AMANDA MCCORQUODALE
Published: September 17, 2009
Some people might dismiss American Idol as vacuous entertainment, but what if voting for your favorite contestant was an act of political defiance? When viewers of Afghan Star,...
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Night&Day
Catch Soul Fever with Frankie Beverly and Maze
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 17, 2009
There is little you can do to control your body once Frankie Beverly takes over the stage in his trademark all-white ensemble of shoes, pants, shirt, and baseball cap. In fact,...
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Night&Day
Dance Like the Colombians, Drink Like the Irish
By LEAH WESTON
Published: September 17, 2009
Traffic woes aside, we are very lucky here in Miami. Unlike folks in a lot of white-bread, steak-and-potatoes America, we can walk outside any day and experience a unique...
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Night&Day
See a Biker’s P-p-p-poker Face
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: September 17, 2009
Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Texas hold ’em poker. Key West. Tattoo contest. Bikini show. Pool party. Bloody mary brunch. Diabetes. Seven of these things are fun, and one...
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Night&Day
You Are Here, Brazil
By DAVE LANDSBERGER
Published: September 17, 2009
With its indigenous architecture and accurate cultural portrayals (like the guy in the Roman soldier getup hocking pasta in the street), Española Way is South...
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Metro
Baby Got Fatback!
Why are so many cities laying off little guys and not cutting executives' porcine salaries?
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: September 17, 2009
Property values plummet. Tax revenues fall. Garbage collectors, lifeguards, and cops lose their jobs. How about the rich guys on top? Those city managers, departments heads,...
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Riptide
Dude, Where's My Schlong?
A Coral Gables man loses his penis and fights back in court.
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Published: September 17, 2009
Medical malpractice litigation tends to put a price on human body parts. Got your spleen punctured during a messy surgery? Here's a few thousand for your pain and suffering....
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Riptide
Burned Out
An arsonist damaged a North Miami arts haven. The economy might finish the job.
By Tim Elfrink
Published: September 17, 2009
It's an awful time to be an artist in Miami. This Thursday, barring a miracle, the county commission will vote to slash $11 million in arts grants in order to help plug a $444...
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Riptide
Where in the World Is Katharine Cue?
A Hialeah councilwoman leads a peripatetic life.
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: September 17, 2009
Hialeah has long been known for voting shenanigans. First there were the confirmed claims of absentee-ballot tampering in the race between Mayor Raul Martinez and Nilo Juri in...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of September 17, 2009
"One has to be strong not to do something as extreme as killing oneself."
Published: September 17, 2009
After the Fall Be strong: It's sad to read about people taking their own lives ("Legends of the Fall," Natalie O'Neill, September 10). Many suffer from feelings of loneliness...
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Music
Fusik Brings Back the Funk
Veteran local b-boys revive old-school rhythms.
By Bernard Hacker
Published: September 17, 2009
Until recently, the words Florida and funk have been associated more with a Dan Marino Right Guard commercial than with music. But a group of five South Florida b-boys is doing...
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Crossfade
Head Spins: DJ Ruen
The house-heavy party rocker.
By John Hood
Published: September 17, 2009
Sometimes you just want to have fun, without some egghead turntablist letting his noggin interfere with your nightlife. And you don't need no stinking holier-than-thou...
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Crossfade
Glass Candy at the Vagabond
The duo's disco sugar drew hipsters like ants out of the woodwork.
By Sean Levisman
Published: September 17, 2009
Hot damn, all the hipsters came out of the woodwork for the Glass Candy show last Friday night at the Vagabond! I've never seen such a massive turnout for what is still a...
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Crossfade
Local Motion
More recent South Florida releases.
By Abel Folgar
Published: September 17, 2009
The Crumbs Insubordination Fest '08: Live from Baltimore (Insubordination Records) insubordinationrecords.com Here are the Crumbs as a three-piece, rocking harder than most...
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Livewire
Wisin y Yandel
By Christopher Lopez
Published: September 17, 2009
Puerto Rican duo Wisin y Yandel is without question the most successful reggaeton act in the history of the genre, outselling all the other heavyweights. Anyone remotely...
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Livewire
Mala
By Arielle Castillo
Published: September 17, 2009
Almost unbelievably, this performance by UK dubstep giant Mala at the Vagabond comes just a day after his colleague Skream's gig around the corner at White Room. Miami...
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Livewire
The Panix
By S. Pajot
Published: September 17, 2009
Local thrash crew the Panix is not a boy band. Still, its barely post-teen members — bassist Emmett, guitarists Alex and Nico, and little drummer boy Wolfgang — are...
