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Letters
Letters from the Issue of January 31, 2008
"Luis Posada Carriles is a dangerous terrorist who belongs behind bars until he croaks!"
Published: January 31, 2008
Dissin' Cousins Give this man a polygraph!: Congratulations to Miami New Times and Francisco Alvarado for having the courage to print the truth about my first cousin, Chris...
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Night&Day
Totally, Dude!
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 31, 2008
There aren’t many professions where tight pants, big hair, and hard living are applauded, but when a rock star clocks in, those are exactly the traits that make stadium...
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Night&Day
Dave Chappelle’s Playing on My Block, My Block
By John Linn
Published: January 31, 2008
Say what you will about Dave Chappelle, but dude knows what’s important in life. He had a fat $55-million contract to continue doing Chappelle’s Show for Comedy...
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Night&Day
Forget Diamonds
Make your own statement; make your own jewelry.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 31, 2008
“A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but ...” you know what? Marilyn Monroe got it wrong. Diamonds are beautiful and all, but the whole conflict controversy...
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Night&Day
Heart of Glass
A musical innovator visits UM.
By José Dávila
Published: January 31, 2008
Back in 1965, a young Philip Glass learned the intricate techniques of Indian music from legendary sitar master Ravi Shankar. Enamored with those exotic Indian ragas, the...
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Feature
Cyclists Court Death Daily
It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.
By Isaiah Thompson
Published: January 31, 2008
Before the sun rises over Miami — before the highways swell with traffic and the streets begin to hum with the sound of a million motors turning at once — the first...
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Metro
Opa-locka Boots the Boss
Ousted police chief leaves complaints in his wake.
By Calvin Godfrey
Published: January 31, 2008
On December 12, three days after her brother caught a stray bullet during a drug turf war in one of Opa-locka's notorious HUD apartment complexes, Natasha Irving unleashed her...
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Riptide
Goodbye, D-Train
Dontrelle Willis gets sent off in style, sorta.
By Deirdra Funcheon, Francisco Alvarado and Janine Zeitlin
Published: January 31, 2008
The D-Train Leaves the Station Filed under: Sports That giant sucking sound? It was the now-familiar whoosh of baseball talent being slurped away from the...
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Strouse
Bambi Bump-Off
Who's killing the endangered key deer? The bloody mess has caused a scandal in paradise.
By Chuck Strouse
Published: January 31, 2008
Three skulls lay in the dust beneath silvery buttonwood leaves. Two were covered in rotting flesh. One had been severed by a hacksaw. That was December. A month prior, a truck...
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Music
Raw Power
Oakland's Saviours come to rescue heavy rock.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: January 31, 2008
Placing a phone call to Austin Barber, vocalist and guitarist for Oakland-based quartet Saviours, can be off-putting. After a few rings, his voicemail greeting comes on, a...
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Music
The Ween Abides
Ten reasons Ween is better than your favorite band.
By Jordan Harper
Published: January 31, 2008
"My Lord," you might be saying, "Ween is still around?" And how, brother. Dismissed for two decades as a joke band, Ween has labored in sorta-obscurity while somehow...
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Rotations
Steve Bug
Fabric37 (Fabric)
By Tony Ware
Published: January 31, 2008
Steve Bug will not make you run through the streets nude. Using digital production suite Ableton Live, Bug has strung together 22 druggy, dubby, minimal-funk tracks that will...
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Rotations
Atmosphere
Strictly Leakage (Rhymesayers)
By Jordan Selbo
Published: January 31, 2008
Sweet post-holiday stocking stuffer or iPod space waster? That should be the only relevant question when discussing a free 13-song "album" from the established rap statesmen of...
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Rotations
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu (Heads Up Africa)
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: January 31, 2008
A brilliant South African warrior and king in the 18th Century, the legendary Shaka Zulu was one of the great unifiers of his nation. On the other hand, he was a strong-willed,...
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Rotations
Los Campesinos!
Hold on Now, Youngster ... (Wichita Recordings)
By Ryan Foley
Published: January 31, 2008
The debut EP by Los Campesinos!, Sticking Fingers into Sockets, noodled its way onto an infinity of 2007 best-of ballots. Colorful aural confetti like "We Throw Parties, You...
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Suicide Blonde
Reasons to Believe
I truly love Rod Stewart.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: January 31, 2008
I don't care about his feathered hair. I don't care about his unfortunate fascination, in the Seventies and Eighties, with puff sleeves. Or his continuing fascination with...
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Burner
Eat Your Heart Out
A vintage punk reunion at Churchill's this weekend.
By Abel Folgar
Published: January 31, 2008
There's nothing I could say about local band The Eat that is not going to come across like some dribbly fanboy slosh. But I'll say it now, as I've said it a thousand times and...
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Burner
The Great List Swindle
Dick Manitoba's new book of punk rock lists.
By Michael Gallucci
Published: January 31, 2008
Admit it: Sometimes you're sitting around listening to your old Sex Pistols records and thinking, Which punk-rock icon has the biggest schlong? Or maybe you're wondering, What...
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Burner
Super Groups
Our fantasy draft for the Super Bowl halftime show.
By Cole Haddon
Published: January 31, 2008
Considering Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are headlining Super Bowl XLII's halftime show, we couldn't help wondering which other acts would deserve the chance to play to one...
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Livewire
OSO and In Droves
By Eric W. Saeger
Published: January 31, 2008
Led by singer/guitarist Mike Montero, OSO exhibits a great knack for spacey, jammy prog-rock reminiscent of Particle. The band's full-length LP, You Know, was released...
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