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Trayvon Martin's Legacy: Maybe Blacks Will Start Voting

Trayvon Martin Tragedy Should Inspire Black Voters to Go to the Polls

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. This week, Luke says African-Americans need to march to the polls on Election Day.For more than two weeks, tens of thousands of African-Americans have been ... More >>

Trayvon Martin and Five Other Racial Flare-Ups Since Obama's Election

​So much for post-racial politics. The tragic shooting of Miami teenager Trayvon Martin last month by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has once again exposed America's deep racial fault lines. Jesse Jackson quickly announced that "blacks are under attack." White supremacist websites c ... More >>

Tiger Woods Needs A Little Of That Earl Wisdom That Made Him Great

Alex Izaguirre​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke thinks Tiger Woods let Stevie Williams off easy.Tiger Woods could really use his dad right no ... More >>

Manu Chao and La Ventura Electrify Bayfront Park, September 9

Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 18-photo Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater slideshow. Manu Chao  La Ventura Tour Hosted by Rhythm Foundation Klipsch Ampitheatre at Bayfront Park September 9, 2011 Onstage, Manu Chao is the gift that keeps on giving. With four encores and boundless energy, ... More >>

Cleaveland Jones's CD-release party at the Stage February 11

Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 18-photo Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater slideshow. Manu Chao  La Ventura Tour Hosted by Rhythm Foundation Klipsch Ampitheatre at Bayfront Park September 9, 2011 Onstage, Manu Chao is the gift that keeps on giving. With four encores and boundless energy, ... More >>

Jim Morrison Pardon Coming This Morning, But Local Rockers Ask Crist Not To Stop There (Update: It's Official)

No longer a suspected dong-dangler.​At last, our long national nightmare is over: the long deceased Jim Morrison will no longer have a record for drunkenly dangling his dong at a Miami concert. But while Morrison's pardon -- which should be made official at 9 a.m. -- closes a sordid footnote in ro ... More >>

No, Tea Party. Yes, hip-hop!

No longer a suspected dong-dangler.​At last, our long national nightmare is over: the long deceased Jim Morrison will no longer have a record for drunkenly dangling his dong at a Miami concert. But while Morrison's pardon -- which should be made official at 9 a.m. -- closes a sordid footnote in ro ... More >>

LeBron James Says Race Was a Factor in Public Backlash

LeBron James is now the sixth most hated athlete in America after his decision to ditch Cleveland and join a superteam in Miami. He now says that part of the backlash he endured stems from racial issues. James made the comments in an interview that aired on CNN yesterday and is not backing down from ... More >>

One Party United Under Hip-Hop

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take s ... More >>

Lanzallamas Monofonica at Miami Science Museum September 25

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take s ... More >>

Top 10 List of Whiteys Who Might Get Away With Using the N-Word

Pets 4 Dawn via flickr Oh no she didn't!​ The second the N word left Dr. Laura Schlessinger's mouth on her nationally syndicated radio show last week she must have known she started another N word related crap storm. Dr. Laura doesn't have near the street cred a white person needs to get a ... More >>

More Benefit News: Critically Massive Show For Michael Lum Tomorrow Night at Harvey's

​If you ever enjoy seeing the city from two wheels, there are two things you should do tomorrow evening. One, join the Friday-night 305 Critical Mass ride (not to be confused with the other monthly Miami Critical Mass, ride which happens on Saturday mornings). Bring lights and don't be an asshole. ... More >>

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010 Recap: Top 10 Miami-Centric Moments

2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show was full of hits (the return of Missy Elliott, for one), and misses (the glaring omission of Outkast, among many others). Still, much of it gave us some serious hometown pride. In a move that pr ... More >>

Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Part One

via sweatrecordsmiami.comSweat Records' current storefront​Yes, we've been seriously hyping up Sweat Records' fifth anniversary party, on this blog -- but that's because the event deserves it. Sweatstock, as the party is dubbed, is shaping up to be one of the best locals-only (plus No Age) events ... More >>

Video: Miami All-Star Band, City of Progress, Rocks For Haiti

Look, we've never liked having to say this, but basically the Red Cross fucking sucks. They do a lot of shit, but certainly not as much as people believe, definitely not as much as they portray, and beyond a shadow of a doubt with the heavy burden of "administrative costs" lessening their ability t ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Friends With You, The Trouble With Girls, and Coconut Grove Arts Festival

It seems that South Florida is recovering from a post-Super Bowl hangover as things seemed to slow down this week -- or maybe it was the drop in temperature. Still, there were a few events worth highlighting, so here is what you missed over the weekend:Love is Magic at Friends With You BoutiquePhoto ... More >>

Rachel Goodrich Featured in the New York Times

It's always a good feeling as a publication when artists that you've been covering on the ground for years finally gain the national exposure that you know they deserve. Such was the feeling yesterday as I read through a great story on Miami's growing indie music scene by written by former Herald r ... More >>

Obama Fête at Bicentennial Park

Ce n'est pas le même.

Obama Rally Update: Bicentennial Park Crowd is Pumped, So Are the French

Ce n'est pas le même.

Letters from the Issue of October 9, 2008

"The whole situation makes me sick. I have no doubt Pinzur will be Burgess's loyal lap dog"

Last Night: Jay-Z at Bayfront Park

"The whole situation makes me sick. I have no doubt Pinzur will be Burgess's loyal lap dog"

Letters from the Issue of October 2, 2008

"Senator Obama's ancestors were never slaves in America; therefore he wouldn't have been in anybody's 'house'!"

Rachel Goodrich, Your New Favorite Singer

She shakes, rattles, and rolls on down her own road.

World Party

Latin rock band Feneiva gets down with the crowd.

Give Peace a Dance

Miami wises up and takes part in “the dance aid for the new millennium”

Letters from the Issue of September 6, 2007

"Fidel has a disease, which is eating his body the same way it ate his mind"

Quiet Riot

Raffa and Rainer ask Miami to rock a little softer

Oh Brother

As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro

Super Soundz

As producer Kentsoundz, and one half of the group Junc Ops, Kent Hernandez is slowly expanding Miami's musical minds

Midtown at the Oasis

Cornerstone caters to music's collective spirit

ANR, So Long

Cornerstone caters to music's collective spirit

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Cornerstone caters to music's collective spirit

World Beat, Miami Heat

Miami's Nervous City Orchestra makes a rousing debut

It Takes a Village

The cream of the Miami music scene bands together to monkey around

First Edition

The National Hip-Hop Political Convention sets an agenda for a new generation

On Edge

A local documentary film festival takes on topics not for the timid

Over-the-Top Hip-Hop

That well-publicized death threat? It's called marketing

Reverend Joe Is in the House

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Prayer Ribs

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Rotations

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Ambitious to a Fault

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Potboiler 101

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Rotations

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

Swelter 43

House music as secular gospel? Amen, brother

No Peace for Paula

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

The Pastor Past and Present

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

Swelter

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

Program Notes

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

Letters

In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.