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A woman is giving away her $1.25-million mansion in Ocala. The house, replete with two 50-foot porches, three crystal chandeliers, and a hot tub, sits on two acres lush with...
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After a day-long drinking binge on March 30, 1988, Douglas and Dennis Escobar were driving a stolen gray Mazda on Calle Ocho near SW 32nd Avenue when they passed a police...
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Same Old School
I went to Allapattah Middle School ("The F-School Bomb," by Francisco Alvarado, May 1) from 1983 to 1984. During that time, one of the math teachers provided...
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"I've known Trick Daddy for a while," Miami rap diva Trina says of the fortuitous friendship that gave her the first leg up in the fickle music industry. "We went to junior...
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Eric Nally wants to change the world, at least a little, with his music. And he seems pretty sure it'll happen eventually if he tries his damnedest. "I want to go down in...
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A near-police state has sadly taken hold at many venues. It's normal to get frisked and surrender prohibited items such as drinks from other bars or flash cameras. Since I've...
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"Honestly I'd rather fuckin' be drawing a comic strip like Garfield and have it be syndicated," laughs Mindless Self Indulgence frontman Little Jimmy Urine. "I'd just draw one...
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With Mother's Day fast approaching, we at New Times have spent a lot of time mulling over what makes a great mom. In the end, we each wrote down a trait, tossed these little...
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Anyone who says South Florida lacks homegrown live artists would be surprised by the growing pile of CDs at New Times. A pile of releases by our city's hopefuls that is, well,...
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Down Home Southernaires were at one point known as Pygmy, and as Pygmy, they were great. As DHS, they are even better. Imagine some country-fried soul R&B in the vein of...
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After two years of touring and recording with sunn0))), Ghost, and Merzbow, longtime Japanese psych-prog band Boris is back with a double album. Regarding its last,...
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Though this Gonzalo Rubalcaba fellow is an ace jazz pianist originally from Cuba, don't tag him a "Cuban" or "Afro-Cuban" jazz musician. Although he's been influenced by his...
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Engineering postindustrial dub since the mid-Eighties, when he founded production conduit Meat Beat Manifesto with former partner Jonny Stephens, British expat Jack Dangers is...
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Uh Huh Her sounds like one of those slightly glitchy L.A. pop bands you hear during your favorite edgy cable TV series and consequently keeps you watching through the closing...
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People are still talking about DJ Heather's set at this year's Om Records WMC party. Still touring in support of last year's Summer Sessions 2 compilation (a joint effort with...
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It's time for all you late-night hot-bodies to give some love to the new guy, Patrick M, the Argentine DJ who has taken Miami as his home and the Sunday a.m. terrace gig at...
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Don't let Tera Melos fool you with its textbook cover. For this California three-piece, "math rock" means much more of an affinity for chaos theory than for the staid and...
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A couple of years ago, Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy was seen as the last great Southern hope. He had the hood respect of T.I. and garnered the admiration of practically every...
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Food is fashion: Halter tops and haute French one day, bling and sushi the next. American-Chinese restaurants began to fall from favor about the time men started wearing...
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Chef/owner of Shing Wang, Sing Kelly, moved to Miami from Taiwain 36 years ago. She operated a Chinese restaurant here for 18 years, was out of the business for the past 15...
