Daytona Beach

Drunk Florida Man Strips Naked and Tells Police "I Know I am a Monkey"

Daylan Holloman had a bit of species identity confusion this week at a Daytona Beach 7-Eleven. For reasons he couldn't remember, Holloman called 911, and when police showed up, he told them he was a monkey and stripped naked in some sort of attempt to prove his point.

Naughty by Nature at Brew at the Zoo May 4

Study: Miamians Slightly Less Miserable Than in 2011

Congratulations, we're 119th!Gallup has once again released its annual Well-Being Index, and of the country's 189 metropolitan statistical areas, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano area came in 119th. Which still isn't that great, but it's a stark improvement from our 146th ranking in 2011.

Miami Ranked Seventh "Trashiest Spring Break Destination" in America

We in Miami, bitch. And we're beer-bongin' Coors Light at 11 a.m. on South Beach while riding a stolen DecoBike with our tits out, a brand-new bleeding tattoo disappearing into the crack of that fat ass, and a gut full of Starburst, naked Hooters wings, and Jell-o shots. That's why, according t ... More >>

Naughty By Nature's Vin Rock on the Right to Bear Arms: "Along Comes the KKK with Guns, and All You Had Was a Bat?"

Who down with O.P.P.? Everybody. For over 20 years now, Naughty By Nature has been touring the world off the strength of that crossover hit on its first album. Now fully independent, with new album Anthem Inc in stores, and an upcoming show at LIV, we here at Crossfade caught up with Vin Rock to t ... More >>

Miami Felon Arrested For Selling iPads and MacBooks Made Of Wood and Duct Tape

Attention, computer-buying public of Florida: If a man approaches you in the parking lot of a Best Buy with a convoluted tale about needing money to get home and a strangely discounted iPad for sale, it's almost certainly too good to be true.A woman in Daytona Beach learned this the hard way after f ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Florida Woman Had Plans to Cook Meth Before and After Meth-Related Court Appearance

For Joleen Crisp and her 65-year-old associate Renter Pete Atwood, it's all meth all the time. Police found the duo cooking meth in a Daytona Beach Shores motel just hours before Crisp, 32, was scheduled to appear in court for previous charges on making meth.

No One Bothered to Watch the Hurricanes Beat Bethune-Cookman

Remember the good ol' days when the Florida Marlins played at Sun Life and the blinding sight of tens of thousands of empty orange seats mocked the athletes toiling inside the echoing, empty stadium?It was throwback day in Miami Gardens on Saturday, as Canes fans -- still burned by a horrific beatdo ... More >>

Ryan Lochte Wins First U.S. Olympic Gold; Danell Leyva Dominates in Men's Gymnastics Qualifications

See also "Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games," "Introducing Your Florida Athletes," "London 2012 Olympics: South Florida Athletes (Photos)"The bad news for Team USA so far seems to be Michael Phelps' embarrassing start at the London 2012 Olympics. But the good news is Florid ... More >>

London 2012 Olympics: Introducing Your Florida Athletes

See also "Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games" and "London 2012 Olympics: South Florida Athletes (Photos)"Something called "the Olympic Spirit" is in the air, and suddenly, we're suppose to care about equestrian sports and whether or not China is sending 10-year-olds to destr ... More >>

Florida Viral Rap Star Kitty Pryde Talks Justin Bieber, Tumblr, Her Age, and Writing Rhymes

Puerto Rican Punks and Hangovers: The Duke Spirit Spend 29 Hours in Miami

When Crossfade checked in with The Duke Spirit on Thursday, the London rock band was lost and on the run somewhere outside Daytona Beach. They finally arrived under cover of darkening skies, as the neon tubes buzzed on for the evening in Miami Beach. Crossfade tagged along to see what 29 hours in ... More >>

The Duke Spirit Is Fleeing Daytona Beach, Seeking Refuge at Fillmore Miami Beach

English rock band The Duke Spirit is due to open for Jane's Addiction at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. But right now, singer Leila Moss and her crew are lost somewhere outside of Daytona Beach with an angry gas station attendant on their tail. "We have no idea where we are," singer Moss tol ... More >>

South Beach is Now America's Top Spring Break Destination

​Ugh, get ready for the arrival of a bunch of drunk, unruly college students (and not the FIU and UM variety we're already used to dealing with) in a few weeks, because according to a top travel agency, South Beach has now become the third most popular Spring Break location for college students. W ... More >>

Dumb Kid Steals Tomato Plant Because He Thought It Was Marijuana

​Sometimes we really worry about the state of Florida's youth. Kids today are so dumb they can't even get high correctly.A 15-year-old boy in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently got in trouble for stealing a tomato plant, which he only swiped because he thought it was a marijuana plant.

Daytona Man in Assisted Living Facility Stabs and Chokes Caregiver Over Cable TV

​Justina Threadgill, the owner of an assisted living facility in Daytona Beach, Florida, found herself the victim of a vicious, near-fatal attack all because she talked with an accent and refused to fix the cable TV in one of her client's rooms.  49-year-old Thomas Clifton Wilkes now faces ch ... More >>

Another Tourist Run Over on Florida Beach by Police Vehicle

via WSVN​Just imagine the possible tourism campaign: "Visit Florida's Beaches: The nicest places to get run over in the world."Yes, for the second time in a month, another tourist visiting the state has been run over by a public vehicle. This incident occurred in Daytona and involves a part-time l ... More >>

Tomatoland: Barry Estabrook Describes Why Florida Sucks at Agriculture

Apparently, when it comes to agriculture and civil rights, Florida just can't do anything right. In the new book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the tomato and discusses the ecological and human co ... More >>

Miami Ranked 10th Most Dangerous Spring Break Destination

​It's that time of year when college students across the country take a break from their busy schedules of binge-drinking in hoodies and sweatpants in dorms and frat houses to change it up and binge-drink in bikinis on beaches. Yes, it's spring break. As always, South Florida attracts its fair sha ... More >>

Proposed Miami skate park pits skaters against preservationists

Hungre Rapper seeks $100,000 to hunt hurricanes

Hungre Rapper, a Roofer, Hip-Hop Artist, and Wannabe Reality Star, Has a Plan So Nuts It Could Work

via hungrerapper.comThe Hungre Rapper hopes to hunt hurricanes, fix roofs, and film it all for a reality show. Want to invest?​The signs went up about a month ago, stapled high on light posts along I-95, the Julia Tuttle Causeway, and Biscayne Boulevard. They're nothing more than a hand-scrawled m ... More >>

Technology at Helm of Putting the Blind Behind the Wheel

Photo by gadget.co.zaSensors that eliminate blind spots set the basis of a concept that would make driving for the blind possible​Yes, you read right: The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech have just announced that they're working together to build a car that a blind person can dri ... More >>

More Hardcore News: Skarhead at Ballers Rock Bar, May 7

via iscreamrecords.com​The '90s were full of bands who put the "hard" in "hardcore," but Skarhead, repping the outer boroughs of New York City, gave many of them a run for their tough-guy money. The band started originally as a side project, formed by members of Madball and Subzero, along with not ... More >>

Rappers Have A Right To Bear Arms

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke explains why famous rappers such as Lil Wayne and T.I. get caught with illegal guns.Earlier this month, Lil Wayne began a ... More >>

Martorano and 660 Expand, Chowhound Splits, Nobu Goes On The Road

​Bet On This Being A WinnerSteve Martorano of the famous Café Martorano on Oakland Park Boulevard, brings his brash Italian fare to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this February with the opening of Martorano's -- a 7,400-square-foot restaurant with inside and outside seating for approxi ... More >>

WTF Florida: Pet Snowballs and Attack of the Pizza Fliers

Bay News 9​There's more than enough weird things that happen here in Miami-Dade, but sometimes it seems we're downright sane compared to the rest of Florida. WTF Florida is our new weekly survey of all the weirdness our Peninsula has to offer. Florida's Oldest SnowballIt rarely snows here in ... More >>

Volusia County GOP Censures Charlie Crist

​Some of the county-level Repulican party organizations have been mumbling not-so-nice things about Gov. Charlie Crist, but yesterday the Volusia County GOP passed a motion censuring him. Among Crist's crimes: Appointing Democrats to political positions, appointing so-called liberal ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ M.Dot

The sportiest DJ in South Florida.

Head Spins: DJ M.Dot

​First things first: M.Dot's name has nothing to do with either Michigan's or Maryland's Department of Transportation. But it could, especially when you consider this DJ's moniker does, in fact, have something to do with moving large groups of the public. In fact, it might take the DOT from both s ... More >>

All That Teacher-Student Sex in Florida Gets National Shout Out

Via Gina, Flickr CCTime Magazine has a burning question: What's up with all the horny female teachers in Florida? The publication ran a story a couple days ago, inspired by Maria Guzman Hernandez. You know, the 32-year-old Hialeah teacher who was arrested for allegedly seducing a 15-year-old boy las ... More >>

Flyer of the Week: Citrus Circuit Tour, at Tobacco Road June 25 and Propaganda June 26

Prior to the advent of astro-drink Tang and its evil twin Sunny D, Florida was the undisputed Bordeaux of the breakfast drink game. These days though, our prime regional product isn't O.J. alone. We've been forced by circumstance (a.k.a. evil, artificial orange drinks) to diversify into such th ... More >>

Nonpoint Announces U.S. Headlining Tour, But Skips South Florida

Salvia Sucks

A newly illegal drug takes us on a short, bumpy trip.

Over The Weekend - Bikes, Blue Men, Teen Rock Idols and A Film Festival

The Steelband Panorama Jamboree and J'Ouvert Parade

Booze Ban in Babylon

What’s wrong with a cold one and a lap dance?

Lost in Translation

Suffering from a stifling case of Wynter blues

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North Shore Park and Youth Center

God Help Us

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hip-hopness

Anatomy of a Party

How do you prepare for a holiday bash with 400,000 guests? Very, very thoroughly.

Bastard Out of Miami

Dirty South documents the triumph of down-home hip-hop

Socialism or Suntan

Miami's revolutionaries may not be plentiful but they're persistent

Get Shorty

Everything Is Relative

Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

Mustang Sally

How to turn your trivia knowledge into fabulous prizes

Sex & Cars & Rock & Roll

I entered the Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Bowl on a whim. How'd I do? Just call me Johnny Ca$h.

Know Yourself

, America's best accordion- and kazoo-based band begins its Travels

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