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Night&Day
Urban Oasis
An Argentine exhibit will satisfy your artistic needs.
By PRISCILLA GOMEZ
Published: January 10, 2008
In our traffic-congested concrete jungle lies a secret (okay, maybe not so secret) garden where we can grab a little culture with the horticulture. Today take a minute to smell...
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Night&Day
Hoopin’ It Old-School
Reminisce about b-ball days of yore at the AAA.
By Chris Joseph
Published: January 10, 2008
You want a classic NBA grudge match? We’re talking about Ali-versus-Frazier, O’Donnell-versus-Hasselbeck, Hamilton-versus-Burr type of stuff. Then look no further...
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Night&Day
Way Back When
See Miami Beach before the sex, drugs, and reggaeton.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden is a magnificent new coffee table book by locals Michele Oka Doner and Mitchell Wolfson Jr., saturated with stunning historical images and...
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Metro
A Movie Guy's Lies
An L.A. producer heads to court with Jean-Claude Van Damme, French bombshell Lydie Denier, and Miami's Bryan Abboud.
By Janine Zeitlin
Published: January 10, 2008
Bryan Abboud was dining among the stars that weekend in July 2006. There were last-minute reservations at celeb-heavy Spago Beverly Hills. Chef Wolfgang Puck even passed by...
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Metro
Danger in the Redland
A legendary Dade building official battles a homeowner ... and his own inspectors.
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: January 10, 2008
In 1994, Rey Rubio and his pretty Puerto Rican wife Josefina bought a one-bedroom, one-bathroom shack at 19110 SW 128 Ct. in the Redland for $57,000. Since then, the couple has...
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Metro
Miami's Top Cop Breaks the Law
Chief John Timoney refuses to testify about his free use of a Lexus SUV.
By Janine Zeitlin
Published: January 10, 2008
For almost a month, Miami Police Chief John Timoney has ignored the rules of the city he oversees. First a citizens' panel and then a circuit court judge ordered him to fork...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of January 10, 2008
"How do you reconcile Thorp's catty comments with the original glowing review?"
Published: January 10, 2008
A Wicked Check into the Boards Chris, can you skate backward?: Brett Gillin proves in his January 3 article "The Whiny One" that he knows nothing about hockey or Sidney...
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Music
Rick Ross Spins a New One
The Bo$$, Chief of Miami, Rick the Ruler will thrill ya.
By Jason Handelsman
Published: January 10, 2008
"I wrote that song ['Hustlin''] in about an hour on some good kush," says Miami-born hip-hop superstar Rick Ross as we sit in the entertainment room of his new Davie mansion on...
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Suicide Blonde
The Shows Go On
Ten good live moments in South Florida this year.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: January 10, 2008
I know, a couple of weeks ago I talked smack about year-end lists while dispensing a roundup of my favorite local albums of 2007. But I couldn't resist one more, especially...
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Music
The Girl from São Paulo
With a fresh move to L.A. from New York, Luciana Souza revisits sunshine and the bossa nova music her parents helped create.
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: January 10, 2008
"Bossa nova is the language of my life," Brazilian bossa nova singer Luciana Souza says by phone from her home in Los Angeles. Her latest project, The New Bossa Nova (Verve),...
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Burner
A Rocker Reborn
Dave Grohl refuses to take death lying down.
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: January 10, 2008
When you're in a world-famous rock band, having your frontman meet an unexpected demise can really be a major annoyance. At the very least, it makes you rethink your future....
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Burner
One Island, Many Sounds
Global Cuba Fest hits the Spiegelworld tent.
By Julienne Gage
Published: January 10, 2008
A Cuban music festival in Miami — now that's original, eh? But really, anyone who has spent an extended period of time around Cubans (and that would be just about all of...
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Burner
I Don't Want You to Be My Girlfriend
Avril may be hot, but I haven't noticed.
By Ben Westhoff
Published: January 10, 2008
It's a hard time to be an Avril apologist, especially if you're a heterosexual male music critic. Her 2007 effort, The Best Damn Thing, isn't destined for any critical top 10...
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Rotations
Jim Wurster
Hallelujah (Black Janet Music)
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: January 10, 2008
In the dozen or so years since the breakup of his band Black Janet, Jim Wurster has produced a steady stream of exemplary albums, both solo and at the helm of his Americana...
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Rotations
Kate Nash
Made of Bricks (Geffen)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: January 10, 2008
Kate Nash's debut LP, Made of Bricks, was released last summer in the UK, where she became an overnight sensation; both the CD and single "Foundations" charted at number one....
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Rotations
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
By Ryan Foley
Published: January 10, 2008
Call it an amendment to Godwin's Law: As online reviews of Vampire Weekend accumulate, the probability of a comparison involving Paul Simon's Graceland approaches one. It's a...
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Rotations
Mahjongg
Kontpab (K Records)
By Ryan Foley
Published: January 10, 2008
Mahjongg's webspace prose reads like passages from a rave manifesto ("make love energy," "spawn a soundtrack for a new community," etc.). But Kontpab's multilayer tapestries of...
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Livewire
Mickey Avalon
By John Albert
Published: January 10, 2008
Like his reportedly shady past, Los Angeles glam-rap sensation Mickey Avalon's live shows are fast becoming legendary among jaded clubgoers. Live, he has smashed a bottle over...
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Livewire
Kevin Saunderson
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: January 10, 2008
Detroit DJ legend Kevin Saunderson knows how to keep a dance floor packed from late night till early morning. He's been DJing all over the globe and pioneering various styles...
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Livewire
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: January 10, 2008
Prior to assuming the frayed-ponytail persona, and long before the superstardom he snared in the Seventies, Willie Nelson was just another strait-laced, short-haired Nashville...
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