From the amount of buzz Manny Diaz has generated in the past year, you'd think he was the greatest mayor ever. Sure, he's amazing in comparison to some of the other wackos who have held his job, but damn, this city still has a lot of problems. US News & World Report's annual "America's Best Leaders" hits newsstands Monday, but it's already online, and Diaz has made a list of 21 luminaries, including Lance Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Children's Defense Fund fo
KAWS, The End​​It's not often you get to see a curated show featuring the likes of Richard Prince, Jules de Balincourt, Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, and KAWS, but it's not often that Lance Armstrong comes calling on the art world. Armstrong's Livestrong foundation and Nike asked 25 top artists to donate pieces to a special exhibit called "Stages," which debuted this summer at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (the Paris gallery, not its Miami outpost), and will be presented at Deitch
Sean Brasel​Sean Brasel is the chef/co-owner of Miami Beach's sultry steakhouse known appropriately as Meat Market. The restaurant sits in the space formerly occupied by Jonathan Eismann's Pacific Time [You know it's now in the Design District, right? Yeah. Thought so.] and, seemingly, being there has provided some good juju in weird economic times. But Brasel hardly needed any luck, voodoo, or any of that because he has a reputation in Miami Beach few can match. Perhaps you remember him
The Burger Beast plotting world domination.​What's a four-pound burger to a monster? Nothin'. Who can pick a restaurant up by its fry chimney and shake out all its fast food through the drive thru window and into their mouth? The Burger Beast. Who else do you know that can scare a bull into pushing his cow girlfriend into a blazing fire just because the Burger Beast feels like eating some fresh BBQ? Nobody. The Burger Beast comes from a long line of carnivores whose teeth display traits for fl
Vivian Girls play an afternoon set at Pulse.​-6 p.m.: Vivian Girls with local openers Little Beard at the Pulse Art Fair. Click here for details.-6 p.m. to late night: Opening reception and party for the local-tastic Miami's Independent Thinkers show. Bands like People From Venus play closer to midnight. Click here for details. -6:30 to 7 p.m.: OK Go performs again at Design Miami/. Click here for full details. -7 to 9 p.m.: King Britt and Rucyl Mills present a Miami edition of
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 /, and of Gang Gang Dance's sweaty rave-up at the Max Fish pop-up bar, are one thing. Seeing them is another.Here's a clip of one of those OK Go shows, this one of their old hit "Get Over It," from YouTub
