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Beatles' Offspring Threaten Sanctity of Legendary Liverpool Group

Lamarckism, the idea that a person can pass on traits acquired in life to their offspring, has been around since the early 1900s. In 2012, however, it's triggered a revival in the worst way. Some asshole thinks it might be a good idea to form the Beatles - Next Generation, starring the Lennon, McCa ... More >>

Flying Lotus Bringing Avant-Hop Beats to Ultra Music Festival on March 24

​Flying Lotus isn't like most acts you'll encounter at Ultra Music Festival. The Los Angeles native, born Steven Ellison and known as "FlyLo" to his fans, doesn't make dance music -- at least not in the traditional sense. The acclaimed knob fiddler (Pitchfork named his Cosmogramma the 14th best ... More >>

Skrillex, 12th Planet, Two Fresh, and Nadastrom at the Fillmore Miami Beach December 17

​Flying Lotus isn't like most acts you'll encounter at Ultra Music Festival. The Los Angeles native, born Steven Ellison and known as "FlyLo" to his fans, doesn't make dance music -- at least not in the traditional sense. The acclaimed knob fiddler (Pitchfork named his Cosmogramma the 14th best ... More >>

John Timoney, Former Miami Police Chief, To Train Police in Middle East Kingdom of Bahrain

​John Timoney, the former Miami Police Chief most notable for his violent handling of the FTAA Protests in 2003, is now packing his bags and heading to the Middle East. Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired Timoney to handle training of police.The kingdom has decided it needs to reform its police ... More >>

Nicaragua Stays Left, Guatemala Goes Right in Central American Elections

Otto Perez MolinaDaniel OrtegaA leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early results show Hugo Chavez ally and current president Daniel Ortega easily win ... More >>

Cancer Stricken Hugo Chavez Intends to Run for Reelection in 2012

​News of Hugo Chavez's mysterious cancer diagnosis has Miami's el Exilio buzzing over the possibility that the Venezuelan president, and one of Fidel Castro's biggest allies, will not be in office for much longer. In an interview today with the BCC however, Chavez admitted that he may need fur ... More >>

Cuba Running So Low On Coffee Castro Orders Chickpeas Mixed Into Grounds

​Cuba was once among the world's great coffee exporters. Nowadays it's running so short on beans and importing so much joe to feed the nation's cafecito habit that Raul Castro has ordered state roasters to mix coffee beans with chickpeas to save cash.Mmmm, the bitter, chickpea-infused taste of com ... More >>

African Cats: Kings of the jungle get March of the Penguins treatment

​Cuba was once among the world's great coffee exporters. Nowadays it's running so short on beans and importing so much joe to feed the nation's cafecito habit that Raul Castro has ordered state roasters to mix coffee beans with chickpeas to save cash.Mmmm, the bitter, chickpea-infused taste of com ... More >>

Pete Tong's Pool Party: Not a Lotta Pool, Whole Lotta Dance

Pete Tong's Pool Party With Sam Zarif, Sleepy & Boo, Nervo, Joris Voorn, Sharam, Kaskade, James Zabiela, Pete Tong, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, and Riva Starr Surfcomber Hotel Friday, March 25 Better Than: Being at Ultra. After navigating one smoky cloud of weed after another at SXSW, it was surpr ... More >>

Pete Tong Talks Two Decades in the Game and the Future of Dance Music

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

My Dog Tulip will make you cherish your pet

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

Dubstepper Jakwob Delivers the Deep Stuff at Eve January 15

via myspace.com/jakwobJakwob, AKA James Jacob.​Like a lot of other post-millenial musicians, 21-year-old dubstepper Jakwob (AKA James Jacob) is an internet-made man. A year and a half ago, nobody really knew his name. Hailing from the English Midlands, he was just another university student who ... More >>

Feeling Broke and Murderous? Try Whacking Some Lionfish While on Vacation

via bbc.co.ukLost your job? Vent on some invasive lionfish - and get paid for it!​Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you're thinking: But Riptide, isn't that a bad thing?Not if ... More >>

Annie Mac at Electric Pickle September 23

via bbc.co.ukLost your job? Vent on some invasive lionfish - and get paid for it!​Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you're thinking: But Riptide, isn't that a bad thing?Not if ... More >>

Annie Mac Talks Eclectic Music Tastes and Why All DJs Should Dance

​Earlier this week we previewed Annie Mac's upcoming Thursday gig at the Electric Pickle and there is definitely no shortage of buzz and anticipation for this show building up among Miami's dance music cognoscenti. The Irish-born BBC Radio 1 host specializes in a wildly energetic blend of styles ... More >>

Marijuana-Food Pairings: 10 Questions With Denver Pot Critic William Breathes

From Amsterdam​After recently writing a goofy post about imaginary pot-food pairings, I received an email from the pseudonymous William Breathes, one of two medical marijuana critics for our sister paper Westword, in Denver, Colorado. He expressed gratitude for being mentioned in the post and disa ... More >>

Cooking Channel: The First 24 Hours

Laura Calder: Because every food channel needs its own Rachael Ray.​Yesterday, if you skipped on the memorializing of our nation's veterans through grilling various meats, you might have parked yourself in front of your TV to catch the premiere of the Cooking Channel. The network replaced Fine Liv ... More >>

Dirty South Hits Mansion This Saturday, June 5

Dirty South's methodical mixing skills can, perhaps, be traced back to the DJ's humble beginnings. Born Dragan Roganovic in Belgrade, Serbia, the encroaching unrest in then-Yugoslavia sent his family packing to Melbourne, Australia when he was 13 years old. Already a budding music nut, young Roganov ... More >>

Behind the Scenes: MasterChef Casting Call, Miami

Jacob Katel​Gordon Ramsay is an asshole -- that's why he's fun to watch. So let's all watch him make amateur cooks feel like shit about themselves and their crappy food.MasterChef is new to FOX, but the program is already a UK and Australia phenomenon that has broken television viewing records in ... More >>

More Dubstep Madness at Shake on Thursday with Joker and MC Nomad

Straight out of Bristol, Joker is a 20-year-old wunderkind whose hybrid club experiments may be the next big step in the ongoing evolution of dubstep. Just don't tell him that -- like many stridently independent studio jockeys, he hates genre tags. (Joker prefers to describe his tunes, cryptically ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: The Bubble is One of South Florida's Best New Venues

​To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. While this blog has covered events there several times already, this week I want to talk about the Bubble in Fort Lauderdale. This place is what this town needs to bring back the D.I.Y. fist-raising of the late '80s and ... More >>

Seven Arrests Made in Murder of North Florida Couple

The slaying of Byrd and Melanie Billings of Beulah, Florida, was a tragedy. The couple raised 17 children, 12 of whom were adopted, many with special needs. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has been moving swiftly and already has seven people in custody related to the cold-blooded crime. The ... More >>

Notes From the Soundboard: A Look Back at 1969

The Beatles' Let It Be was a sign of the timesNotes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing every Wednesday on Crossfade, focused on pop music's history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world.&nbs ... More >>

Sebastien Leger Hits Mansion This Saturday

This prolific French producer and DJ has been making waves in Europe for nearly a decade, and his original and eclectic forays into progressive-yet-funky tech house are gaining more and more worldwide praise. He's remixed the likes of Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, and Duran Duran, and delivered out ... More >>

Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

Reviewing the Reviewers

The Futureheads strike back against critiques of This Is Not the World.

Josh Gabriel

The Futureheads strike back against critiques of This Is Not the World.

Three the Hard Way

The Futureheads strike back against critiques of This Is Not the World.

Go Folk Yourself

Fairport Convention's lasting influence.

Pause and Rewind

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Tuesday Morning Music Fix: OutKast, the Kills, Animal Collective, J Dilla and more

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Seasons in the Sun

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Terry Mullan

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Beat the Crowd

DVD releases for the week of July 12, 2007

Bollywood Gold - Various Artists

Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold (World Music Network)

Puppet Punch

Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold (World Music Network)

New Times's Top DVD Picks for the Week of January 9, 2007

Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold (World Music Network)

Bond in a Bikini

DVD releases for the week of July 5, 2006

New Times's top DVD picks for the week of February 28

DVD releases for the week of July 5, 2006

Dance, Dance Revolution

This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past.

Good Skanking

Locos Por Juana are just like Miami: All mixed up and ready to rock

Letters from the Issue of June 3, 2004

The Best of Miami backlash is as good as it gets

Firmly Musselled

A brasserie for those days when moules/frites are simply required eating

Stereolab

ABC Music:Radio One Sessions (Strange Fruit/Koch Records)

All Rise

Judge Jules presides again

BEST REGGAE RADIO PROGRAM

Jamusa

WAVS-AM (1170)

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday evening drive time

Toy Story

The creators of Chicken Run find soul in a lump of clay

Garrison Keillor to the Rescue!

Can a hayseed weekly variety show really save WLRN-FM?

Monkey Feature

Can a hayseed weekly variety show really save WLRN-FM?