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Vigilante justice. Man versus the ocean. It’s a tale as old as Moby Dick. The saga continues this weekend, when South Florida fishermen take to the seas during the Miami...
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Ahhh, grapes. Who would have guessed that a fruit no bigger than your big toe could bring the world so much joy? Kids love the refreshing taste of its juice poured over ice,...
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Stone serious, the dapper elderly gentleman in gray slacks, a black and white tie, and a neatly pressed green shirt firmly gripped my shoulder from behind: "You'll have to...
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For most of his life, Gregory "Silk" Thomas was a pimp and a drug dealer. In the 30 years he has lived in Miami Beach, the 45-year-old ex-con has been arrested so many times...
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By Frank Houston, Amy Guthrie, Tamara Lush and Francisco Alvarado
Published:
April 3, 2008
News
The Day Scarface Came to Town
Twenty-five years ago, politics derailed De Palma's Miami plans.
BY FRANK HOUSTON
Brian De Palma's Scarface might hold a record for the...
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Something Stinks
Brandon K. Thorp's "Sour Milk" (March 27) is a great article and a fantastic critique of Edge Theatre's The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. "Shatner...
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Will you recognize me?" Argentine singer and part-time Miami resident Nito Mestre asks New Times during a phone conversation to set up a face-to-face interview. It seems like...
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The 23rd edition of Winter Music Conference took place in Miami Beach last week. An estimated 40,000 music fans and industry types attended events at more than 85 venues....
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If David Johansen had earned a dollar for each time a music journalist mentioned him or his band, the New York Dolls, he'd be richer than Croesus by now. Instead, he's still a...
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Click here to see a slide show of the show.
In the Nineties, when the masses bought CDs by the millions in places called "record stores," releasing an EP as your debut was...
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What's more wholesome and American than the grand sport of baseball? A brightly sunlit day, a gentle breeze that carries the scent of hot dogs and the proverbial Cracker Jack,...
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In today's tough economic times, being a one-man band could be considered as much a function of financial necessity as a measure of instrumental dexterity. After all, given...
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A word of warning: Punk Bunny shows aren't for the prude. In fact don't even bother heading to this concert unless you're superhorny and/or strong-stomached. The only thing...
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Brazil is known for many things — its cosmopolitan ambiance, a wealth of spectacular beaches, the wildest Carnival celebration in the civilized world, and hordes of...
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Not long into our conversation, Poppa E settles into his preferred intimacy zone by dubbing me "Brother Eric. " So take it from a brother: The 60-year-old blues guitarist...
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As the irresistibly luminescent new CD Andorra demonstrates, Caribou's Dan Snaith has come a long, long way since being legally stripped of his old Manitoba moniker. These...
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Something seemed amiss as soon as we entered Jason's at the Harrison. The vaguely Vegas room, with black-and-white tiger-skin motif and thumping club music, didn't gel with...
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Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese, is his bellystache. On the poster for Shine a Light, the big-shot director's Rolling Stones...
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When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last Movie Star" — note not even a question mark at the end — you didn't...
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An unusually blunt melodrama by David Gordon Green, melodious poet of sentimental delicacies such as George Washington and All the Real Girls, Snow Angels introduces a pair of...
