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    April 24, 2012

    The Worst of Coachella 2012

    See LA Weekly's complete Coachella coverage -- the top moments from Friday, April 20, four highlights from Saturday, April 21, including Black Lips' Biggie Smalls "hologram, and the five best things from Sunday, April 22. It couldn't all be great performances, decent recreational drugs, and pleasan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Top Ten Dance Moves at Coachella 2012 in Animated GIF!

    See "Crossfade's Top Ten Dance Moves at Ultra Music Festival in Animated GIF!" -- plus LA Weekly's West Coast Sound for tons more Coachella 2012 coverage. At Coachella, folks come from all over the world to lose themselves in the music. They'll employ almost anything in this quest. But mostly drugs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Coachella 2012: Snoop, Dre, Santigold, and Other Top Moments From Sunday, April 22

    See LA Weekly's complete Coachella coverage -- plus the top moments from Friday, April 20 and four highlights from Saturday, April 21, including Black Lips' Biggie Smalls "hologram." By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Freak Yo Friend and Nine Other Dirty Dances at Coachella 2012 in Animated GIF!

    See the "Top Ten Dance Moves at Coachella 2012 in Animated GIF!" -- plus "Crossfade's Top Ten Dance Moves at Ultra Music Festival in Animated GIF!" During Coachella's second weekend, temperatures topped 100 degrees every day. Yet somehow folks were dancing even crazier! Most just stripped down an ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2012

    Hunx and His Punx at Churchill's Pub April 13

    See the "Top Ten Dance Moves at Coachella 2012 in Animated GIF!" -- plus "Crossfade's Top Ten Dance Moves at Ultra Music Festival in Animated GIF!" During Coachella's second weekend, temperatures topped 100 degrees every day. Yet somehow folks were dancing even crazier! Most just stripped down an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Hunx and His Punx: Top Ten NSFW Things We Learned Via Seth Bogart's Twitter

    ​Seth Bogart is queercore's flat-chested poster boy and a household name among same-sex households with an affinity for independent garage rock. The colorful 31-year-old Hunx and his Punx frontman has become one of Hardly Art's chief impresarios, a showman who's second to none. Whether he's eye- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Sun-Sentinel to Start Charging For News Content Online

    The Sun-Sentinel is erecting a pay wall on April 9, so expect a mass exodus of readers who don't want to pony up five bucks a month for mostly routine local news.The once proud Fort Lauderdale-based daily is following the lead of other Tribune Co. owned newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, which i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

    The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Shawn Loftis, Globe-Trotting Gay Porn Star, Rehired As Miami-Dade Public School Teacher

    ​Shawn Loftis was a popular sub at Miami Beach High and a handful of other Miami-Dade schools until he was abruptly canned in January 2011. His crime? A past life as a gay porn performer under the screen name Collin O'Neal, including his own erotic series -- "World of Men" -- featuring Loftis cavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson Says New Times Profile of Her Was Lies Penned by a Socialist

    ​Our profile of Victoria Jackson, Saturday Night Live cast member turned Tea Party-lovin', Bible-thumpin' Fox News screamer, was published in several Village Voice Media newspapers yesterday. Jackson made clear late last night she thought it was a "hit piece" typical of the liberal media. She sent ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 31

    ​Our profile of Victoria Jackson, Saturday Night Live cast member turned Tea Party-lovin', Bible-thumpin' Fox News screamer, was published in several Village Voice Media newspapers yesterday. Jackson made clear late last night she thought it was a "hit piece" typical of the liberal media. She sent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Odd Future, We Hate You and Your Youthfulness

    ​"What's you name?" Tyler Okonma asks an audience member in Minneapolis. The guy in the crowd introduces himself as Melvin. Naturally, Okonma replies, "I fucking hate you, Melvin." In a 12-month span, Tyler, The Creator, and his gang of street punks have gone from relative West Coast obscurity t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Barry Minkow Has To Pay Lennar Corp. $583 Million And Serve Five Years

    via LA WeeklyBarry Minkow​An ex-con man who two years ago wreaked havoc on the price stock of a Miami-based national builder is going back to prison after pleading guilty to one count of securities fraud.During a hearing yesterday morning, Miami federal Judge Patricia Seitz handed Barry Minkow a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Get an Early, Exclusive, and Free Peek at Smashing Pumpkins' New Song "Owata"

    ​It's been almost exactly 11 years since Billy Corgan's infamous May 23, 2000 interview with Los Angeles alt-rock radio station KROQ. It started with a minirant against "the Britneys of the world" and concluded with the on-air announcement that Smashing Pumpkins were breaking up. But now that a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Odd Future Wakes Up With a Sweaty Dick, Announces East Coast Tour, and Snubs Miami

    Artist's TwitterOdd Future's Tyler the Creator​Maybe he was having "threesomes with a fuckin' triceratops, Reptar" or "fuckin' Goldilocks up in the forest/in the three bear house eatin' their muthafuckin' porridge." But for some strange reason, Tyler the Creator, the leader of 10-member L.A. rap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Barry Minkow, Ex-Ponzi Schemer and Minister, To Plead Guilty To Insider Trading

    via LA WeeklyBarry Minkow​Barry Minkow's life could have been an American archetype: A seemingly successful young entrepreneur goes to prison for in fact running a Ponzi scheme, and then finds Jesus and dedicates his life to helping the feds sniff out other frauds.But like any good crook, Minkow j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    LA Thinks It's America's Douche Capital, Miami Begs to Differ

    ​It's Friday afternoon on a particularly slow news day, a time when Village Voice Media news bloggers tend to go a bit off the reservation. Our counterparts at LA Weekly just dashed off a post about how the City of Angels is "The Douche Capital of the World," while calling into question Miami's do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Around the Voice: Dum Dum Girls' Past Gets Unwrapped

    I Will Be reluctant to answer questions about my past​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.Owl City has a song called "Hello Seattle" and Seattle Weekly likes that fact.The story b ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    The Do-Over

    I Will Be reluctant to answer questions about my past​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.Owl City has a song called "Hello Seattle" and Seattle Weekly likes that fact.The story b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Around the Voice: The Flaming Lips and Gil Scott-Heron State the Obvious

    Wait, he's not new here?​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.In the Dallas Observer's bumper crop of content: Surfer Blood mourns the loss of Jay Reatard and confirms that even Pitch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    R.I.P. Michael Jackson. Coverage Around the Web

    *CNN's complete coverage.*Rolling Stone's extensive tribute, with links to coverage throughout the RS archives.*SPIN magazine remembers Michael as a hero, not as a punchline.*At New Times' sister paper LA Weekly, an exclusive interview with longtime MJ lawyer Bob Sanger.*Also at the LA Weekly web si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    A Day Without Mexicans

    No, this post has nothing to do with the film (which, by the way, is an excellent movie).  Instead, it refers to a burning question I intended to begin with.  Do any Mexicans read this blog?  I have no idea, to be perfectly frank.  But I feel like the answer, by and large, is goi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    The Week That Was: Hats Off to Obama

    Obama was actually inaugurated! And one of those three billion people in attendance was a New Times writer! Most of us just watched in the conference room, though. Outgoing president Bush has left us speechless (in a bad way), but nut nearly as much as Aretha's hat (in a good way). Git'mo! Git'mo! G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    The Week That Was: Celebrating our Freedom of Choice

    Some fanatical pro-life group got itself all worked up because Krispy Kreme dared to use the word "choice" in some dumb Inauguration promo. This weekend I choose to eat one Krispy Kreme doughnut for every page view that post received. I will probably be dead by Saturday. Meanwhile the Hollywood Fore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Top Dance Albums of 2008

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    The Roots Performing in Miami for New Years Eve

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    BAC To Restore Purvis Young Mural

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Tori Amos Goes Schizo

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2007

    Lil Wayne Brings the Flood

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2007

    In Honor of Mr. Gold, We Hereby End His Career...

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2007

    In Honor of Mr. Gold, We Hereby End His Career...

    Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you're a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they'll be performing in Miami--at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places--on New Years Eve. It's definitely going to be one of the hottest places to be in Miami rolling ... More >>

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    Keira, Get Your Gun

    Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

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    March 12, 1998

    Between Punk Rock and a Hard Place

    Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

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    September 4, 1991

    Whoppers!

    Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

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