Audio and Video Devices

Kentucky Derby This Weekend: At Bourbon Steak, Make Your Own Mint Julep

Bourbon Steak wants to be your Kentucky Derby headquarters, so it's plying you with promises of cheap booze and free food (works for us). From 5 to 7 p.m. on Derby Day (Saturday, May 5), plant yourself bar-side, where $5 mint juleps will be featured among an array of drink specials, including reduce ... More >>

100 Montaditos Opens in South Beach: Home of the $1 Serrano Ham Sandwich

Lee KleinSerrano ham and Iberico cheese: $2​Last February, we heralded the midtown Miami opening of the first American branch of 100 Montaditos. There are more than 200 locations in the rest of the world (many of them in the place of origin, Spain), and the one in midtown has been a huge hit -- li ... More >>

Vic & Angelo's South Beach: Coal-fired pizza and upscale Italian-American

See a slide show of Vic & Angelo's.

Seven Songs We Hope Lil Wayne Puts on Tha Carter IV

Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing ... Lil Wayne's release from Riker's Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison ... More >>

ESPN to Broadcast Two Heat Games in 3D

​ESPN loves 3D, and despite the fact the technology is only available in a small number of American households they've launched the country's first 3D cable network this summer with ESPN 3D. They also seems to have a love hate relationship with two certain Miami sports teams, so it only makes sens ... More >>

Drexel Irish Pub coming to South Beach

​ESPN loves 3D, and despite the fact the technology is only available in a small number of American households they've launched the country's first 3D cable network this summer with ESPN 3D. They also seems to have a love hate relationship with two certain Miami sports teams, so it only makes sens ... More >>

Induce Named Kid Sister's Official DJ; Catch Both at Grand Central Saturday

​DJ Induce is no stranger to the local music scene ... in fact, he is the scene. Having started his burgeoning DJ career well over ten years ago, Induce (a.k.a. Ryan Smith) has DJed for anyone and everyone, in every night and day club, selecting records varied and vast, from EPMD to Metallica.Ind ... More >>

Finger-licking

​DJ Induce is no stranger to the local music scene ... in fact, he is the scene. Having started his burgeoning DJ career well over ten years ago, Induce (a.k.a. Ryan Smith) has DJed for anyone and everyone, in every night and day club, selecting records varied and vast, from EPMD to Metallica.Ind ... More >>

Car Gazing

​DJ Induce is no stranger to the local music scene ... in fact, he is the scene. Having started his burgeoning DJ career well over ten years ago, Induce (a.k.a. Ryan Smith) has DJed for anyone and everyone, in every night and day club, selecting records varied and vast, from EPMD to Metallica.Ind ... More >>

Radio-Active Records Unveils Details of Saturday's Record Store Day

​This blog posting was actually written from inside a dark-green Coleman tent that's perched on the sidewalk outside Radio-Active Records (1930B E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). Although the store is technically open right now, we predict a Bonnaroo-level event in the parking lot in anticipatio ... More >>

March Madness Deals and 33 Big TV's at The Sports Exchange

The Sports Exchange's Shrine.​What's the best place to get caught up in March Madness? The Shrine. That's what The Sports Exchange in Coral Gables calls its' 50-foot-long bar backed by a 25-by-8-foot, high-definition projection screen, which is surrounded by eight 58-inch, high-definition plasma t ... More >>

Haitian housekeepers say the Ritz-Carlton South Beach is sweeping them away

The Sports Exchange's Shrine.​What's the best place to get caught up in March Madness? The Shrine. That's what The Sports Exchange in Coral Gables calls its' 50-foot-long bar backed by a 25-by-8-foot, high-definition projection screen, which is surrounded by eight 58-inch, high-definition plasma t ... More >>

Miami Man Claims to Have Invented the iPod, but Sarah Jessica Parker Screwed Him Over

​Franz A. Wakefield, a Miami resident, claims that he not only came up with the idea and names of Apple's entire iPod, iTunes, and iPhone line, but that actress Sarah Jessica Parker totally screwed him over in the deal. Wakefield claims he won a 17th Congressional District Arts Competiti ... More >>

Recap: Roc Raida Fundraiser at Electric Pickle, September 30

photo by Bernard Hacker​DJ Roc Raida Tribute and Benefit Show at Champion SoundElectric Pickle, Miami Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Better Than: Watching DJ routines on YouTubeFull Disclosure: I'm a resident DJ at this party, under the name Sire Esquire.The Review: Tribute events ar ... More >>

Head Spins: Al B. Rotten is White Room's Friday-night DJ

photo by Bernard Hacker​DJ Roc Raida Tribute and Benefit Show at Champion SoundElectric Pickle, Miami Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Better Than: Watching DJ routines on YouTubeFull Disclosure: I'm a resident DJ at this party, under the name Sire Esquire.The Review: Tribute events ar ... More >>

Q&A With DJ Chachi, Spinning Tonight at LIV

Of all the out of town head-spinners to hit South Beach, the one who would seem most perfectly suited for LIV has gotta be DJ Chachi. Yeah, we know. His primary residency is at New York's ultra-hip Ten June, which might boast a similar clientele, but it in no way resembles the Vegas-like feel of The ... More >>

Florida Supercon 2009 Techno Style Music Video

  And now Crossfade presents a fan-made Florida Supercon 2009 music video set to a rousing techno soundtrack that will make you want to "Here We Go Again." If you don't know what Florida Supercon is, picture a Star Wars Convention type environment populated by fans of cosplay, anime and video g ... More >>

Hope for Overtown

At 11:45 this morning, Jackson Soul Food restaurant at 950 NW Third Ave. was standing-room-only. Overtown and Liberty City residents packed every booth, table, and counter inside the storied and recently  remodeled soul food eatery as they watched President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony on ... More >>

Coconut Grove Condo Owners Fight Nightclub

They'll be up all night.

Brand New Black Chiney Mix Willy Chin Birthday Bash

South Florida's favorite reggae sound system, Black Chiney is at again. They just released a brand new free mix  project full of the hottest tracks coming out of Jamaica at the moment. But in typical Black Chiney fashion, the songs are mashed up with solid hip-hop tracks at just the right mome ... More >>

Suénalo Sound System Cooks Up a Global Stew at Jazid

South Florida's favorite reggae sound system, Black Chiney is at again. They just released a brand new free mix  project full of the hottest tracks coming out of Jamaica at the moment. But in typical Black Chiney fashion, the songs are mashed up with solid hip-hop tracks at just the right mome ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Jazid

The South Beach stronghold celebrates 12 years of live music.

Kreamy 'Lectric Santa

1980 to 2007 6 Song Retrospective of Unreleased Material II (Digestive Systems)

2007 Music Year in Review

It's all in the stars.

Food World Comings and Goings

It's all in the stars.

Food World Comings and Goings

It's all in the stars.

LAMC Part III

It's all in the stars.

Future Hock

A pawn shop blooms in the condo boom

Formula for a Reggaeton Video

A pawn shop blooms in the condo boom

Don’t Kill Your Television

Tune in to MAC for a history of video art

Paul Van Dyk

Tune in to MAC for a history of video art

Quantic Soul Orchestra

Pushin On (Ubiquity)

Rock of Ages

A conversation with DJ, producer, and label owner John Digweed

Bring It Back

After bad decisions cost Gabriel Fain a spot among Miami's DJ elite, the house music jock gets a shot at redemption

Stone Love Sound System

After bad decisions cost Gabriel Fain a spot among Miami's DJ elite, the house music jock gets a shot at redemption

Latin Funk Music Festival

After bad decisions cost Gabriel Fain a spot among Miami's DJ elite, the house music jock gets a shot at redemption

Mime Corps

After bad decisions cost Gabriel Fain a spot among Miami's DJ elite, the house music jock gets a shot at redemption

BEST JUKEBOX

The Sandbar Lounge

BEST LOCAL ELECTRONICA RELEASE

Live at Fuácata

Spam Allstars

BEST ROCK CLUB

Churchill's

Booth Less Traveled

Victor Calderone seeks a new music mix

Real Ring-Ding

The pioneers of Jamaican pop team up with the R&B legends who inspired them

Various Artists

SYR 5(SYR)

Best Place For DJs To Buy Vinyl

Yesterday & Today Dance Music

Natty Dread Learns to Rap

Rastas and b-boys find common ground in Marley's legacy

Turn to the Left and Cough

Rastas and b-boys find common ground in Marley's legacy

Rotations

Rastas and b-boys find common ground in Marley's legacy

Speaking Freely

Rastas and b-boys find common ground in Marley's legacy

Everything Must Go!

Videotapes! Drill presses! Toasters! Sphygmomanometers! If the Dade County Store's prices were any lower, they'd be insane!