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NJ Students Take to Facebook to Protest Healthy School Lunches

New Jersey high school students recently created a Facebook page to protest the new federal regulations requiring public schools to provide healthier lunches.As a parent, I am well aware of how unhealthy these lunches are. My daughter would come home and tell me all about the wretched food served in ... More >>

Do Porn Companies "Blackmail" Illegal Downloaders?

Zombie Virus Hoax Is the Work of Florida Webmaster Alfred Moya

For the past week, rumors regarding the Miami Zombie attack have been going bananas on the Internet. In one version, face-eater Rudy Eugene was infected with something called the LQP-79 virus. A website and YouTube video devoted to the supposed outbreak racked up over 10,000 views in less than 24 ho ... More >>

DJ Laz and Power 96 Part Ways, Fans Suggest the Announcement is a Hoax UPDATED

UPDATE: Beasley Broadcast Group, Power 96's parent company just released a statement regarding Laz's departure."Effective today, DJ LAZ, who has been with the station for 22 years, has decided to move on and explore other professional opportunities."The rumors are in fact true, DJ Laz is no longer t ... More >>

Trayvon Martin: No, That's Not His Facebook Page Showing "Gangsta" Photos

Update: Wonderfully, Business Insider touted the bogus photo as accurate in a story on how the media is badly reporting the Trayvon Martin saga. Their source for the photo: white power message board Stormfront. If you haven't come across the photo to the right, you probably will in the next day ... More >>

Miami woman's Marlins theme song on YouTube draws ire from baseball fans

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Announces Live YouTube Stream, Rave Naked at Home

​Ultra Music Festival sold out months ago. So unless you're wiling to drop $7,500 on a VIP package or purchase ridiculously marked-up General Admission scalper tickets, quit bitching and accept the fact that you're not going to catch Tiësto in his (second) hometown. Instead, settle for second b ... More >>

Elaine de Valle: Hialeah hero

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Miami 2012 Scheduled for March 23

Photo by Yesenia HernandezBabes in bondage at last year's Masquerade Motel on SoBe.​Browsing Swedish House Mafia's social media pages is kinda like trying to decode the ravings of schizophrenic fist-pumper on bad acid. Earlier this week, we here at Crossfade mentioned that Axwell, Steve Angello, ... More >>

Coca-Cola Drops Holiday "Arctic Home" Coke Can

​As another testament to the power of social media, Coca-Cola has abandoned the holiday save-the-polar-bear white Coke cans after a number of tweets and Facebook posts from confused consumers.Complaints were posted to the company's official blog, Facebook, and Twitter over how the white can resemb ... More >>

Nas, TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones: Schedule Revealed for Spotify's Art Basel Concert Series

​ Seven days ago, we here at Crossfade got word that Spotify and Midtown's Ricochet Lounge were putting together a four-day Art Basel Miami Beach concert series, dubbed Music Loves Art, starring Nas, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. At the time, there weren' ... More >>

Steve Jobs' Top Ten Contributions to Music

​Steve Jobs, one of the greatest innovators of both the 20th and 21st Centuries is dead. But his name will ring out eternally through history. 'Cause damn, that motherfucker changed the world and shit.  iTunes is just one of many ingenious inventions to come out of the Apple camp. From apps t ... More >>

Mr. Pauer, as part of Oktoberfest: Miami's Ultimate Foodie Night, at Century Marketplace September 30

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How Did You Survive The Great Three-Hour iPhone Outage?

​A modern-day nightmare swept greater Miami-Dade yesterday afternoon. AT&T's 3G cell service completely ceased to work, leaving thousands of iPhone and other smartphone addicts without on-the-go access to their precious, precious Twitters, Foursquare and Words With Friends. The unimaginable ho ... More >>

Win Sleigh Bells VIP Package Courtesy of Zignum Mezcal

Sleigh Bells and tons of Zignum Mezcal.​Sleigh Bells is coming to town April 30. And with tickets only $15, there's little excuse for not going. Zignum Mezcal wants to help you get into the concert for free and provide you with booze while you're there. All you have to do is "like" Zignum's F ... More >>

Groupon Stands by Crispin Porter Bogusky's Dumb Commercials

Much like jokes, if you have to explain advertising to the audience then it's probably not that effective. After Groupon's Super Bowl ads sparked controversy and weathered widespread criticism the deal website's founder and CEO Andrew Mason released an official statement standing by the ads and the ... More >>

No Age, Best Coast, and Sonny & the Sunsets Hit SoBe for eMusic Road Show February 4 to 8

Best Coast in Miami?! Well, kinda.​Now wait a second before you shit your hipster pants 'cause this blog's headline is somewhat misleading. In case you got the wrong idea, those awesomely amazing bands we just namedropped won't be performing live in concert at your favorite SoBe hangout this week ... More >>

Join Miami's SoundCloud Global Meet-Up February 9

​Since launching in 2007, SoundCloud has emerged as one of the most popular audio distribution platforms on the web. By allowing sound files to be distributed and embedded anywhere online, SoundCloud has expanded its reach across major social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter.It's bee ... More >>

Oh My Tosh

False Facebook friends at Gulfstream Park

The Kids Are All Right

Is Antisocial Social Media Changing the Way We Interact?

photo by Adam T. Bailey, via flickr​We text. We BBM. We instant-message. We Facebook-chat. Welcome to the antisocial social-media generation, where communicating with others is just a click away, and avoiding face-to-face confrontation is the wave of the future. When I was in school, I communicate ... More >>

Google TV Gives Apple TV a Run For its Money

​The wave of the TV watching future possibly came with the advent of TiVos and the ability to DVR your favorite shows, leaving you to come and go as you please. Or maybe it was through Hulu and YouTube, when television watching was transferred from the big screen to the computer screen. But now Go ... More >>

Where Are They Now? The Chonga Girls

Photo by Ivylise SimonesLaura Di Lorenzo and Mimi Davila, AKA the Chonga Girls.​Apparently, still making song parodies. You might remember the Chongalicious Girls from their 15 minutes of YouTube fame. In fact, we even did a cover story about them at the height of their popularity in 2007. After t ... More >>

A Peek Inside Lil Wayne's Miami Mansion

Ever since MTV Cribs moved to CMT, the world has been deprived of seeing the interiors of rapper's Miami pads. Who could forget Missy Elliot's Ferrari bed, or Bow Wow's rented car controversy? Thank goodness for YouTube.While, Lil Wayne did show off his New Orleans crib for the show, we never got a ... More >>

Wish You Were There: Miami Music Festival Vids on YouTube

Alright, I promise this will be the last Miami Music Festival post for a while. But in case you wanted to see what you missed -- because you missed it, didn't you? -- check out these YouTube clips of a few choice performances. First, I'll post a few from Saturday because that's the day I actually at ... More >>

Wish You Were There: Art Basel Week Music on YouTube

Last week was, of course, utter art, music, and media ridiculousness -- so of course, it's captured all over the social web. Missed out on a show? Don't feel bad, practically all of the week's musical events are on YouTube! Reading reviews of both OK Go's electrified performance at Design Miami /, a ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Social Media For Social Change Helps Local Charity

Via Blanca Stella's FlickrGreat people, great intentions, great causes and a great time.​Riptide already introduced readers to Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) when we interviewed Robert Murray (@robertmurray) earlier this month. At long last, the Camillus House fundraiser took place on Thur ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Social Media Club South Florida, November Edition

Richard Tucker of Cruise Deals hearts Miami's social media community.​This month's Social Media Club South Florida was a massive tweetup to wish Social Fresh Cruise guests a warm bon voyage, Miami style. The event took place November 11 at the Doubletree Grand Hotel on Biscayne Bay.Joining the wel ... More >>

Silicon Beach: November Events

​Daylight savings time is making our afternoons dreary and darker, but there's nothing depressing about this month's social media calendar. Here are several events in the 305 that you don't want to miss.New Times writers, staffers and fans (including yours truly) will be bowling and sipping cockta ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch: Shrooms, The Cape, Bacon, Supper, and Peppers

Wow, look at all those blogs.​Is it really 52 degrees out right now? That's damn near freezing. What's next, snowballs on South Beach, ice chains on the Turnpike, county workers salting down US1, sledding down Mount Trashmore, ice skating in Kendale Lakes? Cold weather's for the birds, and our str ... More >>

Cuba's black market moves online with Revolico.com

Wish You Were There: YouTube Videos of Depeche Mode at the BankAtlantic Center

To realize just how truly awesome this last Depeche Mode show was at BankAtlantic Center -- and, well, to realize just how obsessive the band's fans are -- just punch in "Depeche Mode BankAtlantic Center" into YouTube. Despite the band's rejection of most official media outlets' photo requests, a ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Under Control" by Parachute, Playing Blue Martini (West Palm) This Saturday

Virginia quintet Parachute has been on the rise since it landed the song "She's Love" in a Nivea commercial. Suddenly, thousands of women with smooth legs wanted more of those smooth pop-rock sounds. In the resulting buzz storm on iTunes and the like, the song eventually also landed on the current p ... More >>

RIP, Craigslist Erotic Services: 1996-2009

After a couple of high-profile murder cases in which the victim and killer met through Craigslist's "Erotic Services," the popular website has announced it's dropping the section. However, a new adult category has debuted to take its place; company staff will review all of those advertisements. ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch

Live from Cinco De MiMoSometimes I sit around for hours on end scooping sardines out the can with sour cream and onion pork rinds and drinking one tall can after the next of Arizona fruit punch. That's my reality. It's refreshing to see what other bloggers are up to. Some of the following posts didn ... More >>

Rumors on the Twitter-nets: Mel Martinez to Resign Early

Here's a prediction by national Republican political operative Roger Stone via PoHo via the St. Pete Times' Adam Smith's Twitter: Roger Stone predicts; Mel Martinez resigns soon; Crist appoints caretaker - Jim Smith - and announces his candidacy for Sen.A prediction by one guy posted on another gu ... More >>

Check Out Local Blues From Black Owl Music

Black Owl Music is an independent blues label based in Miami that started in 2003. It seems to have been founded by or is at least very closely related to local bluesman Poppa E, whose show schedule reads like that of a player 40 years his junior, and whose band has a residency at Casa Panza (four-t ... More >>

About That Rihanna Post This Morning...

The last thing in the world I want is for a serious point I was trying to make about domestic abuse devolve into some pissing match with two radio jocks. The underlying subject matter is too serious. Enrique Santos left a long comment on the original post, and you should read it to get his side of t ... More >>

Pope Won't Poke You On Facebook

Benedict XVI is the first Pope to take office in the information age, and as such will have to endure internet memes like these for all of his term. So it's no surprise the holy leader of Miami's biggest religion is taking on the internet. According to the AP, the Pope is open to social netoworking ... More >>

Facebook Puts an End to Ritual Friend Sacrifice for Free Whoppers

Burger King, the attention-craving Miami-based fast-food giant, took its Internet-whoring marketing activities to a new level with the Whopper Sacrifice Facebook app. The app asked Facebookers to delete ten of their friends, who were then notified they'd been dumped for a free Whopper. Of course the ... More >>

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