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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Lil Wayne Settles "Lollipop" Legal Drama for $20 Million

    It only took about 400 days, but Lil Wayne's $20-million "Lollipop" legal drama has finally been settled. Last year, producer Darius "Deezle" Harrison filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records for unpaid royalties from sales of Weezy's 2008 Gramm ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2012

    MillionYoung at the Vagabond April 13

    It only took about 400 days, but Lil Wayne's $20-million "Lollipop" legal drama has finally been settled. Last year, producer Darius "Deezle" Harrison filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records for unpaid royalties from sales of Weezy's 2008 Gramm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    MillionYoung's Grown-and-Sexy Chillwave Crashes Into The Vagabond Miami on April 13

    ​Who's feeling overdue for some grown-and-sexy chillwave romance? Wait no longer, lonely dance-floor hearts! 'Cause MillionYoung will be at The Vagabond for an intimate performance on Friday, April 13. This South Florida native is sure to help you shake it down with his under-the-radar hooks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Smashburger Finally Makes it to Miami UPDATED

    The Classic Smash & fries​Billed as "the nation's fastest growing 'better burger' restaurant", Smashburger is unveiling its first Miami location (14730 Biscayne Blvd.) on Saturday, December 31 (a last-minute switch from next Wednesday, December 21). The popular chain has well over 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Tracy Kontos, of MasterChef Season Two, Talks Gordon Ramsay and Her Best Dish

    via FacebookMasterChef season two contestant Tracy Kontos​MasterChef season two contestant Tracy Kontos, of Coral Springs, took time out of her busy cooking schedule -- and fending off Gordon Ramsay -- to talk with Short Order about her experience on the Fox reality cooking show. One of six contes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    More Free Burgers, CG's Moves to Kendall

    South Moon Photography/Alissa DragunThe CG Burger. ​The recent proliferation of burger joints has left a remarkable trail of options, so does Miami really need yet another burger chain? Last week Damn Good Burger opened with a burger give-a-way, and now CG's attempts to win fans with a similar bri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Kiki Kannibal: A Story of Stupid Hair, Statutory Rape and Online Stalking in South Florida

    ​To most casual internet browsers, Kiki Kannibal is just some girl who achieved dubious viral internet fame back in the MySpace-happy days of 2006 for sporting one of the world's most hideous haircuts.Five years later, Rolling Stone details the quick rise and tragic personal fall of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Broward vs. Miami-Dade: Who Has the Best Burger?

    Photo by Riki AltmanThe winner!​I just love a challenge. Actually, it's fairer to say I love being the guest judge at a challenge when other people have to cook for me. Who wouldn't want that gig? I not only get a free meal (or the equivalent of three or four meals, which is most often the case), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    800 Pounds of Pot Seized in Boat Two Miles Off Miami

    ​Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami's pot smuggling heydays, but that's not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney's Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests hav ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    To Catch a Predator

    ​Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami's pot smuggling heydays, but that's not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney's Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Awesome New Republic Passports, MacBook Pro Stolen in Montreal

    Photo from tenthousandislands.blogspot.com​It seems another Miami band has gotten its gear stolen. New Times reported yesterday that Torche, currently on tour with Circa Survive and Coheed and Cambria, had a slew of equipment jacked in Chicago on Friday, including a guitar, bass, pedals, iP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Miami Ranked 69th Best City for Moms (Giggity), Hialeah Ranked Worst in South Florida

    Fictional Miami mothers from Meet the Fockers. Yeah, it was either this or The Golden GirlsThe Daily Beast is beginning to rival Forbes.com for the number of inane city rankings list, but why should we complain? It gives us easy blog fodder. In honor of Mother's Day, Tina Brown's Internet conce ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Awesome and Young

    Fictional Miami mothers from Meet the Fockers. Yeah, it was either this or The Golden GirlsThe Daily Beast is beginning to rival Forbes.com for the number of inane city rankings list, but why should we complain? It gives us easy blog fodder. In honor of Mother's Day, Tina Brown's Internet conce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    South Florida Producer Jim Jonsin Sues Lil Wayne Over "Lollipop" Royalties

    ​Coral Springs native and hip-hop producer Jim Jonsin is suing Lil Wayne's Miami rap collective for $500,000 in allegedly unpaid royalties for the smash hit "Lollipop". According to the suit, filed this week in New York federal court, Young Money Entertainment "failed to provide any accountings or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    WMC 2010: Nite Jewel, Tanlines & MillionYoung Break in Grand Central

    Kyle MunzenriederNite Jewel preforms at Grand Central​Nite Jewel, Tanlines, Million Young ft. Awesome New Republican, Palm Trees and Night WaveGrand Central, MiamiWednesday, March 24, 2010Better Than: Still sobbing over the fact Studio A is dead and gone ...and actually a lot better than most of t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2010

    Local Motion: The State Of, Frightdoll, and Andrew Bayuk

    Kyle MunzenriederNite Jewel preforms at Grand Central​Nite Jewel, Tanlines, Million Young ft. Awesome New Republican, Palm Trees and Night WaveGrand Central, MiamiWednesday, March 24, 2010Better Than: Still sobbing over the fact Studio A is dead and gone ...and actually a lot better than most of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Local Motion: The State Of, Fright Doll, and Andrew Bayuk

    ​The State Of The Live Studio Sessions EP (self-released) thestateofmusic.com Drummer Nabedi Osorio and vocalist/keyboard Steph Taylor have become local favorites with their work as the State Of. Both play well, and share an excellent chemistry that, though it's kind of journalistically douchey t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2010

    New Found Glory and Saves the Day

    ​The State Of The Live Studio Sessions EP (self-released) thestateofmusic.com Drummer Nabedi Osorio and vocalist/keyboard Steph Taylor have become local favorites with their work as the State Of. Both play well, and share an excellent chemistry that, though it's kind of journalistically douchey t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2010

    MillionYoung

    ​The State Of The Live Studio Sessions EP (self-released) thestateofmusic.com Drummer Nabedi Osorio and vocalist/keyboard Steph Taylor have become local favorites with their work as the State Of. Both play well, and share an excellent chemistry that, though it's kind of journalistically douchey t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Health Intact, New Found Glory Returns to South Florida, February 9 at Revolution (UPDATED WITH VEVO VIDEO INFO)

    Photo by Matt Grayson​New Found Glory's 2000 self-titled second album was what really catapulted the Coral Springs quartet into bona fide national stardom. Released before "emo" had become a dirty word, the mood of the album's boisterous but sensitive pop-punk was perfectly encapsulated on its cov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    MP3s of the Day: Free EP from MillionYoung, Playing the Vagabond This Friday

    courtesy of Danger Village​The Coral Springs-based act MillionYoung has been hailed as South Florida's own bona fide entry into what is cringe-inducingly called "glo fi" or "chillwave." (The latter word actually started as a joke on the parodic blog Hipster Runoff.) In fact, impending blog hype lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Food News Roundup: Millions, Crop Loss, Maiden, Discounts, and Jin

    Wyoming's Gordon Food Service buys a million square foot distribution center in Hillsborough county, between Orlando and Tampa, for "rapid growth" in Florida. [MLive]Severe crop loss throughout Florida thanks to that no good, sock doubling, two sweatshirt wearing, wearing a blanket around the house, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Weekend Blog Watch: Dim Sum, Iron Maiden, Bogotá, Wine Shoe, and Bagels

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/ / CC BY 2.0We are watching like a hawk.​Here are some recent posts from the local fod web.Jewish family goes Tropical Chinese for Christmas dim sum. [FoodForThoughtMiami]Rock N Roll Ribs, Iron Maiden's drummers' restaurant, opens in Coral Springs. [CleanPlat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Art Basel Music: Millionyoung at the Multiversal Group Show, December 6

    via myspace.com/millionyoungmusic​The term "chillwave" might have been coined sarcastically by the parody blog Hipster Runoff, but the music blogosphere has taken it and run with it. A sort of 2k9 reiteration of the old "downtempo," these producers are influenced more by Animal Collective than Mas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Video: Cyrus Bolooki of New Found Glory Talks About His Band's Upcoming New Video

    Last week I dropped in on Jacobs Ladder at the Dungeon recording studio in North Miami Beach, where they were working on a new EP. (Pictures and video are coming later this week.) The producer on the project is Cyrus Bolooki, drummer of Coral Springs' biggest pop-punk exports, New Found Glory. Alt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Top Ten Beers and Places To Drink Them In South Florida

    image via nikonvscanon's flickr​ Today's top ten comes courtesy of Dave Crisafi, the dude behind the South Florida Beer Blog. He says "It's always good to figure out how to introduce the average beer drinker to new flavors. You have to know what everything tastes like and what it's similar to in o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    South Florida Karaoke King Armando Saenz

    Here's a brand new upload from Armando Saenz's KaraokeKing youtube channel. This dude is hilarious. Click here for his website, and here goes info on all his weekly live appearances and how to book him for your next party....

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Undercover Fed Busts Major Bonanno Mob Ring In South Florida

    An undercover FBI sting unraveled a South Florida wing of the infamous Bonanno Crime Family, leading to charges this morning against 11 members who are accused of running a dizzying criminal empire.Allegedly, the men smuggled cigarettes and committed bank and mail fraud. They laundered money, sold d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Beerfest, Beer Wars, and Beer By Itself

    Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now - highly recommended), and you'll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling, eating, and live music. If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Kicking cars and punching cops: Highlights from Gaza Protest Arrests

    An 18 year-old from Coral Springs was busted for wielding brass knuckles and a pocket knife, a petite middle-aged woman shouted "baby killers!," and a mob of protesters chucked rocks at a cop car. The Israeli-Palestinian protest Sunday on Biscayne Boulevard was a loud, colorful microcosm of hate - w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Miami-Dade: 7th Most Dangerous Metro Area

    Miami Gardens has the 13th highest level of crime, according to CQ Press' just released rankings, higher than any other city in Florida. Orlando comes in at 18th, and Miami comes in at 30. Miami Beach sits at 50, just three spots behind West Palm Beach. The city with the lowest crime rates in the ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Timb and Andrew Bayuk Tonight at Atmosphere Lounge

    Tonight there's a going to be a good set of music going on over at Atmosphere Lounge in Fort Lauderdale. Coral Springs-based folks singer Andrew Bayuk will be on hand singing songs of love, of protest, of peace, and of passion. He's been grinding away in South Florida's indie music scene for years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Butta Verses Video--"If I Die"

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    New Benihana Location to Open in Coral Springs in 2009

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    New Found Glory Signs With Epitaph

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Sun-Sentinel Shocker: People On The Internet Have Blogs

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    News Roundup

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    What's Your Foodie Rating? The Omnivore's Hundred

    Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it's all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of January 10, 2008

    "How do you reconcile Thorp's catty comments with the original glowing review?"

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Letters from the Issue of February 15, 2007

    "There are plenty of white whores riding poles and collecting dollar bills in G-strings."

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2004

    Night&Day

    "There are plenty of white whores riding poles and collecting dollar bills in G-strings."

  • Dining

    December 27, 2001

    Days of Wine and More Wine

    By the glass, vino is the drink of choice

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Playing Favorites

    For this critic the many charms of My Favorite Year outweigh its many flaws

  • Music

    August 2, 2001

    Catch It Live

    BreakFest

  • Culture

    July 26, 2001

    High Notes

    Falsettoland, the 26th Street Theatre's baby step out of the South Florida mainstream, pays off

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Home Folk

    Neither rain, nor cops, nor crabby neighbors can stop South Florida's house concerts

  • Dining

    October 26, 2000

    A Good Kinda Jerk

    Jerk Machine

  • Culture

    September 24, 1998

    For the 'Burbs

    Jerk Machine

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Letters

    Jerk Machine

  • News

    April 22, 1992

    Program Notes

    Jerk Machine

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