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Lanzallamas Monofonica's European Tour Kickoff at Tobacco Road May 25

Lanzallamas Monofonica Launches Three-Month European Tour at Tobacco Road

The fiery musical spearchuckers of local big band Lanzallamas Monofónica will soon take their Afro-Latin superfusion sound to the Czech Republic. They've recently lined up a three-month residency at Prague's Retrokafe, a so-called "salsoteka" that may be ground zero for the exploding Latin dance ... More >>

Madonna Announces 2012 World Tour With Miami Concert

​For every fat, drunk American football fan who couldn't even sit (or, uh, dance) through Madonna's 12-minute Super Bowl XLVI halftime bonanza, there are millions of giddy pop music fans in party towns like Istanbul, Zagreb, Warsaw, Kansas City, and St. Paul who'd be totally willing to blow their ... More >>

Wikipedia Is Down Today: Don't Panic, We Have Your Alternatives

​Pity the University of Miami freshman who picked this morning to crap out a research paper, and the Miami Herald journalist trying to write about whichever moderately famous person dies today. Wikipedia has gone dark! The site is protesting the SOPA legislation that most sane people realize would ... More >>

World's Weirdest Toasters: Jesus on Bread, Cook a Whole Breakfast, and Play the Radio

​The world of toasters just got a little weirder. Research firm IDC released a report predicting that 2012 will be the year when companies start making kitchen appliances that can Tweet and send us notifications via the web; this will include toasters.Until that happens, it might seem we must sett ... More >>

Hungry for Kurtos Kalacs?

​Laszlo and Anna Boros came up with a good idea. Why not introduce one of their favorite pastries from Hungary to South Floridians?Kurtos kalacs are sometimes called cinnamon horns or chimney cakes ("kurto" in Hungarian means chimney). This ancient Transylvanian treat dates back to the 15th centu ... More >>

Never Thought We'd Be on a Boat

​Laszlo and Anna Boros came up with a good idea. Why not introduce one of their favorite pastries from Hungary to South Floridians?Kurtos kalacs are sometimes called cinnamon horns or chimney cakes ("kurto" in Hungarian means chimney). This ancient Transylvanian treat dates back to the 15th centu ... More >>

Four Centuries in the Making

​Laszlo and Anna Boros came up with a good idea. Why not introduce one of their favorite pastries from Hungary to South Floridians?Kurtos kalacs are sometimes called cinnamon horns or chimney cakes ("kurto" in Hungarian means chimney). This ancient Transylvanian treat dates back to the 15th centu ... More >>

Eva Luna, Miami Telenovela, Is Number One Show in Hungary For Some Reason

​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

Not Your Average Step

​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

Roots, Rock, Reggae

​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

Follow That Woman

​Apparently it's not only your Kendall abuelita who likes a good Spanish-language soap featuring beautiful rich people, faked deaths, and middle-aged hunks with great hair. We recently received a wonderfully obscure press release from Medley-based Venevision bragging that its novela Eva Luna ... More >>

Food Star Stalking with Holland America's Rudi Sodamin

Photo by Riki AltmanMaster Chef Rudi Sodamin (foreground) with Chefs Jacques Torres (far left), David Burke (left), and Charlie Trotter (far right)Holland America invited Short Order aboard the ms Noordam a few weeks ago to meet its new Culinary Council. We nearly plotzed after discovering that mean ... More >>

FIU in the Little Caesar's Bowl: Our Polish Correspondent Has the News

Our intrepid correspondent strikes out.​ Jacek Urbanczyk, Poland-based sports journalist, is Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of Toledo and our very own Florida International University. It will be played on Sunday. He's in Detroit to dr ... More >>

Wien in the New Year

Our intrepid correspondent strikes out.​ Jacek Urbanczyk, Poland-based sports journalist, is Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of Toledo and our very own Florida International University. It will be played on Sunday. He's in Detroit to dr ... More >>

FIU Football: Our Polish Correspondent Invades the Pizza Bowl

FacebookRiptide's Polish football correspondent, Jacek Urbanczyk​Who says an alt-weekly's blog can't have a foreign correspondent? Meet Jacek Urbanczyk, self-described "football journalist from Poland" and Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of ... More >>

Five Ways To Prevent Thanksgiving Guests From Lingering Too Long

Goodnight Vienna and Goodnight Guests​We all know the feeling: Turkey dinner is completed, the stories have been told, everyone has seemingly enjoyed themselves to a reasonable extent, and most of the guests have had the good sense to say thanks and goodnight - the key word here being "most". Inva ... More >>

Click, Share, Done

Goodnight Vienna and Goodnight Guests​We all know the feeling: Turkey dinner is completed, the stories have been told, everyone has seemingly enjoyed themselves to a reasonable extent, and most of the guests have had the good sense to say thanks and goodnight - the key word here being "most". Inva ... More >>

Ten Weird Vodkas: From Root Beer to Bacon and Bubble Gum

Raspberry, pink grapefruit, bubble gum and now "wild cherri" will be joining the flavored vodka market. Vodka withs something odd mixed in reminds us of the steak and potatoes ice cream we once chowed on in a little mountain place in Venezuela. But that's a story for another day. When you add someth ... More >>

Golem in the Ghetto

Raspberry, pink grapefruit, bubble gum and now "wild cherri" will be joining the flavored vodka market. Vodka withs something odd mixed in reminds us of the steak and potatoes ice cream we once chowed on in a little mountain place in Venezuela. But that's a story for another day. When you add someth ... More >>

Gourmet Leftovers, Pierogi Trucks, My Challenge To LeBron

​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

Bulletproof Tiger's debut EP, Starving Hearts

​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

Local Motion: Bulletproof Tiger, The Starving Hearts EP

​​Kristopher Huseby of Fireside Social fame is probably one of the better drummers we have down here, and it turns out he can pluck the bass and sing pretty well to boot. Enter Bulletproof Tiger, his latest, excellent project. The band just released its debut EP, Starving Hearts, which upholds t ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Über-Smuggler Mickey Munday!

Magnolia Pictures​Of all of Miami's '80s-era cocaine cowboys, Mickey Munday is our favorite. Jon Roberts is a little too batshit-insane for our taste. Max Mermelstein adopted a false identity and died broke. Griselda Blanco scares the shit out of us and has absconded back to Colombia. And Manny No ... More >>

World Cup 2010: The Phantom Menace

​America has a new enemy. And his name is Koman Coulibaly. He's like Lex Luthor, because he's bald and because he could be responsible for America's downfall in the World Cup. But mostly, because he's bald. By now the whole world knows had badly team USA got hosed on Friday when Maurice Edu's goal ... More >>

South Florida Native Altidore Sets Up Tying Goal, Worst Ref Ever Robs U.S. of Win

Whew. So how exactly is a U.S. soccer fan to feel after this morning's nail-biter against Slovenia? Pissed that the defense slept through the first half to give the Slovenes a 2-0 halftime lead? Exhilerated that the Yanks pulled off a stunning second half comeback to walk out with a draw? Or furi ... More >>

Funkagenda and Magda

Whew. So how exactly is a U.S. soccer fan to feel after this morning's nail-biter against Slovenia? Pissed that the defense slept through the first half to give the Slovenes a 2-0 halftime lead? Exhilerated that the Yanks pulled off a stunning second half comeback to walk out with a draw? Or furi ... More >>

Tribal Electro

Whew. So how exactly is a U.S. soccer fan to feel after this morning's nail-biter against Slovenia? Pissed that the defense slept through the first half to give the Slovenes a 2-0 halftime lead? Exhilerated that the Yanks pulled off a stunning second half comeback to walk out with a draw? Or furi ... More >>

Music-Related Movies at Romance in a Can European Film Festival

The Romance in a Can European Film Festival commenced last Thursday at the Tower Theater (1508 SW 8 St), and while we're not huge lovey-dovey advocates on Crossfade (romance, shromance!), there are two films on the slate this week that involve music directly in the plot. Here they are. For complete ... More >>

Album Review: Runner by Glimpse, Playing Electric Pickle on April 23

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Magic Dragons

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Bride Wars

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Big in Japan, Huge in Jerusalem

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

European Vacation

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Classic Like Vlasic

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

The Devil in the Magic City

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Those Who Can’t, Learn

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

Kruder and Dorfmeister

​GlimpseRunner(Crosstown Rebels)2009 was a big year for EDM's new dark horse, UK-based producer Glimpse, AKA Christopher Spero. Despite a deeply-rooted underground sensibility and uncompromising experimental flair, he has garnered plenty of mainstream accolades, including a nomination for Producer ... More >>

The Arsht Will Be Alive

With the sounds of world music.

Stage Spectacularrrrr

Hispanic Theater Fest opens corrida with Lorca’s tragedy in the ring.

Euros Gone Wild

Just kick it at Segafredo Brickell for your Eurocup fix.

Better than eBay

Find good old crap at the antique show.

Mixed Masala

Taste of Bombay is all over the map

Slick Picking

A celebration of fancy fretwork at UM

Keepin’ It Reel

Meet a master documentarian

He’s a Magic Man

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Everybody Loves a Riesling

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Rockin’ Like the Hurricanes

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Dark Beer Über Alles

Harald Neuweg brings back traditional German treats