Jimmy Buffett

Tabou Combo at Rhythm Foundation's Big Night in Little Haiti April 20

Tabou Combo's Kapi Talks Jimmy Buffet, Royalties, and Restavek

Tabou Combo have come a long way since starting out as Los Incognitos in Petionville, Haiti in 1968. Since moving to NYC in the 70s, their dancetastic funk has ignited disco floors from Gabon to Miami. They are kompa's great ambassadors; Haiti's biggest band. They've opened for Jimmy Buffet in Ohio, ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett at the American Airlines Arena January 28

Tabou Combo have come a long way since starting out as Los Incognitos in Petionville, Haiti in 1968. Since moving to NYC in the 70s, their dancetastic funk has ignited disco floors from Gabon to Miami. They are kompa's great ambassadors; Haiti's biggest band. They've opened for Jimmy Buffet in Ohio, ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett Will Kill You! Nine Ways to Die in Margaritaville

​If you're too drunk to pay attention to the superdepressing dirty-beach-bum-on-a-bender lyrics, Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville" might seem like some perfect little paradise where nobody works, the tequila is always free, and every afternoon is spent lazily "nibblin' on sponge cake" and "watchin' ... More >>

The Taxpayers at Sweat Records January 5

​If you're too drunk to pay attention to the superdepressing dirty-beach-bum-on-a-bender lyrics, Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville" might seem like some perfect little paradise where nobody works, the tequila is always free, and every afternoon is spent lazily "nibblin' on sponge cake" and "watchin' ... More >>

The Taxpayers Bring "Goof Punx, DIY Music, and Jimmy Buffett" to Sweat Records

​Hare Krishna hardcore? Screamo? Whatever-the-fuck-genre-Flogging-Molly-plays? There's no denying it: Punk rock has gone through some seriously bizarre permutations. And in keeping with the big-tent genre's proclivity toward making bedfellows of once-disparate sub-scenes (like suburban US skate-p ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett and 20,000 Parrotheads Hit the American Airlines Arena on January 28

Facebook​Remember the first time you smoked pot with your parents? It was probably at a Jimmy Buffett concert, somewhere between "Pencil Thin Mustache" and "Son of a Son of a Sailor." What you thought would be the absolute worst concert on Earth -- an arena full of upper-middle class baby boomer ... More >>

Second Career Ideas For 10 Miami Chefs

​With the news that former Pacific Time chef/owner Jonathan Eismann is now a realtor, it seemed like an opportune time to reflect upon potential second careers for other local chefs. After all, we know that the restaurant biz is a bitch, and dining establishments don't last forever, and...well, le ... More >>

Juggalos, Rebecca Black, and Three Other Crappy Music Cruises We Hope Never Set Sail

​Why are music cruises all the rage? Is it some kind of reactionary Great Recession diversion for those few who can actually afford it? Back in February, Miami's young-adults-in-leather-jackets got a taste of the open seas with the garage rock-themed Bruise Cruise. Atlanta scuzzballs Black Lips w ... More >>

Too Many Margaritas? Jimmy Buffett Falls Face First Off Stage During Concert in Australia

Cowabunga! Jimmy Buffett gets goofy and does a faceplant.​How many margaritas is too many margaritas? Well, when you start falling face first off the freaking stage in the middle of burping your way through "Magaritaville," it's probably time to pack up your shaker of salt. Yesterday, Jimmy Buff ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett to Headline Fundraiser for Alex Sink

​Florida celebs seem to have no problem getting involved with national politics. Gloria Estefan held a found raiser at her house with President Obama. Alonzo Mourning is set to do the same on Monday. Part time resident Pharrell Williams partied with Bill Clinton at LIV for another fundraiser. What ... More >>

Backstage in South Florida: Who to Thank for Jimmy Buffett's Illustrious Career

​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Jimmy gets a hit and Lee gets the nod.Prior to May 1977, Jimmy Buffett was just another wannabe singer/songwriter who did his time in Nashville befor ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett

​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Jimmy gets a hit and Lee gets the nod.Prior to May 1977, Jimmy Buffett was just another wannabe singer/songwriter who did his time in Nashville befor ... More >>

Wasting Away in Margaritaville

On National Margarita Day (February 22), the margaritas will be flying at Margaritaville. ​Get ready to start channeling your inner Jimmy Buffett: It's National Margarita Day on Monday, February 22. While there are many stories about the creation of the legendary libation, the most enduring tale c ... More >>

Meet Your New Marlins Uniform: The Fish Drop the 'Florida' Next Year

News flash: Your Marlins baseball club is building a new stadium that will cost taxpayers $4.7 bagillion and, far more tragically, will probably not be sponsored by Jimmy Buffett's crappy beer. via MLB.com​In happier news, they will also drop the "Florida" from their name -- as if they were ... More >>

Miami's Dirty Dozen 2009

News flash: Your Marlins baseball club is building a new stadium that will cost taxpayers $4.7 bagillion and, far more tragically, will probably not be sponsored by Jimmy Buffett's crappy beer. via MLB.com​In happier news, they will also drop the "Florida" from their name -- as if they were ... More >>

The End of the "Land Shark" Stadium Era is Almost Upon Us

The horrible eight months in which we've had to refer to our football stadium as "Land Shark" in honor of a horrible Chevy Chase sketch Jimmy Buffet's beer.As soon as the Dolphins play their January 3 game against the Steelers the stadium will revert back to being known as Dolphin Stadium. So the Su ... More >>

Hank Williams Jr. Sings in Spanish Tonight

The only way to make the Monday Night Football intro that will air tonight for the Dolphins-Jets game better (worse? more surreal? soulless?) is if Jimmy Buffett also sang in Spanish. But having Gloria Estefen beside Hank Williams Jr. as he belts out, "Estos listos para football?" is pretty damn clo ... More >>

Starry Night

The only way to make the Monday Night Football intro that will air tonight for the Dolphins-Jets game better (worse? more surreal? soulless?) is if Jimmy Buffett also sang in Spanish. But having Gloria Estefen beside Hank Williams Jr. as he belts out, "Estos listos para football?" is pretty damn clo ... More >>

Snowflake Returns

The only way to make the Monday Night Football intro that will air tonight for the Dolphins-Jets game better (worse? more surreal? soulless?) is if Jimmy Buffett also sang in Spanish. But having Gloria Estefen beside Hank Williams Jr. as he belts out, "Estos listos para football?" is pretty damn clo ... More >>

Fins Owner Gave Away Naming Rights Because He Couldn't Get Buffett Song Out Of His Head

Good thing Stephen Ross wasn't stuck on "I Kissed A Girl." Or humming "My Humps" all day long. The South Florida Business Journal confirmed this morning what we've suspected all along here at Riptide: The Dolphins owner gave away the naming rights to Dolphin Stadium for absolutel ... More >>

Island Hopping

Good thing Stephen Ross wasn't stuck on "I Kissed A Girl." Or humming "My Humps" all day long. The South Florida Business Journal confirmed this morning what we've suspected all along here at Riptide: The Dolphins owner gave away the naming rights to Dolphin Stadium for absolutel ... More >>

Dolphins Song-Off: Jimmy Buffett Crushes Hometown Rap Anthem

One week ago, a lifelong Dolphins fan named Lionel Lightbourne called out Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett, and demanded an Internet duel for the soul of the aqua-and-orange nation.via Wikimedia CommonsThis man will destroy you in hand-to-hand combat.Buffett had a new, corporate-approved an ... More >>

Update: Gloria and Emilio Estefan Get Minority Ownership in the Dolphins

Last month, Riptide received a vague but alarming email invitation with this headline: "JIMMY BUFFETT, MIAMI DOLPHINS AND DOLPHIN STADIUM TO HOST MAJOR CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT."Riptide quickly RSVPed and was treated to one of the most disturbing displays in sports history: Jimmy Buffett playing to a ... More >>

Dolphins Song-Off

A local Fin-atic throws down a challenge to Jimmy Buffett.

Vote Now: Is This Hometown Dolphins Anthem Better Than Jimmy Buffett's New Song?

Lionel Lightbourne lives just a few blocks from the Dolphins' home field. When they win and fireworks explode over Miami Gardens, he watches from his front porch. Lightbourne has been a fan since the Fins' perfect season in 1972 -- the year after he was born.So when he heard the Fins were renaming t ... More >>

Steve Miller Band to Play Hard Rock Live on November 17

It seems that contempt for his radio-friendly '70s tunes such as "The Joker" and "Fly Like an Eagle" drove Steve Miller off the stage in '80s. He told Rolling Stone in 2008, "Bands like X were the big thing in L.A., and my work was being called unmitigated slop. I said to myself, 'I get it! I'm outt ... More >>

Are You A Musician With a Cult Like Following? Why Don't You Have a Stadium Yet?

After the news that Jimmy Buffet had partnered with the Miami Dolphins to rename Dolphin Stadium as "LandShark" Stadium, a number of other notable musician with cult-like followings looked up and said, "Wait, you can do that? Like, if you have enough money you can just pay to have a major city landm ... More >>

Welcome to LandShark Stadium, Miami

Dolphins pimp themselves out to Jimmy Buffett.

Check Out Jimmy Buffett's Unfortunately Titled New Book

Do you really need more proof that Jimmy Buffett hates freedom, America, children, ice cream, baseball and pretty much everything else that is good in our world? via Amazon.comSwine Not? Because H1N1 is not a joke, Jimmy Buffett. Also, your music sucks.Even after he wrenched out the soul of a p ... More >>

Wasting Away In Corporitaville: The Fins Sell Their Soul To Buffett

Ever wonder what it looks like to sell your soul?courtesy Miami DolphinsThis is what Jimmy Buffett has wrought.At Dolphin Stadium, it looks something like this: A white guy in a pink sombrero and plastic lei jerks to the grating jingle of "Margaritaville." Three young men covered head to waist in b ... More >>

Warren Isn't the Only Buffett Who Supports Barack

Ever wonder what it looks like to sell your soul?courtesy Miami DolphinsThis is what Jimmy Buffett has wrought.At Dolphin Stadium, it looks something like this: A white guy in a pink sombrero and plastic lei jerks to the grating jingle of "Margaritaville." Three young men covered head to waist in b ... More >>

Bike Blog - Nice Racks!

Ever wonder what it looks like to sell your soul?courtesy Miami DolphinsThis is what Jimmy Buffett has wrought.At Dolphin Stadium, it looks something like this: A white guy in a pink sombrero and plastic lei jerks to the grating jingle of "Margaritaville." Three young men covered head to waist in b ... More >>

A Pirate Looks at ... a High Cost of Living?

Ever wonder what it looks like to sell your soul?courtesy Miami DolphinsThis is what Jimmy Buffett has wrought.At Dolphin Stadium, it looks something like this: A white guy in a pink sombrero and plastic lei jerks to the grating jingle of "Margaritaville." Three young men covered head to waist in b ... More >>

Key West Wrangle

Sides square off over Christmas Tree Island

Window, HighRise, and City of God

Sides square off over Christmas Tree Island

Zac Brown Band and Wideawake

Sides square off over Christmas Tree Island

Welcome to Hooters

Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen

BEST TOLLBOOTH

Broad Causeway

Seguenon Koné

Afro Beat self-released

Grant Livingston

Afro Beat self-released

Soggy Sonorities

Sky of blue, sea of green, super symphony

Best Food Stop On The Drive To Key West

The Cracked Conch

Lord of the Onion Rings

Sandbar Grill

Halfway to Paradise

Sandbar Grill

Rotations

Sandbar Grill

Rotations

Sandbar Grill

Swelter 20

Sandbar Grill

Wirtz for Wear

Slap on some polyester and drop to your knees for the Rev. Billy C.

The Gamlin' Blues

Slap on some polyester and drop to your knees for the Rev. Billy C.