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Q&A With Author/Activist Erick Lyle, at Books & Books Tonight and the Firefly Tomorrow

In the Nineties, Erick Lyle, then known as Iggy Scam, lived an enviable, punk-ethics-fueled life around South Florida that is near impossible to imagine today. He booked shows at a warehouse venue, the Junkyard, at the bottom of South Beach, and at one point squatted an entire floor of the crumblin ... More >>

The Powers Behind Ocean Drive

For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

The Future’s So Bright

You might need to wear shades to this Popular Science mall tour.

Stylin' and Profilin'

You might need to wear shades to this Popular Science mall tour.

UM Hurricane Staffer Says There's More to Magazine Ban

Yesterday we posted a blog about University of Miami administrators not allowing Back/Slash magazine on campus. Now, staffers from another paper say there's more to the story. Chelsea Matiash, a photo editor for school paper The Hurricane, contends distributors of the college lifestyle magazine didn ... More >>

Hulk Hogan Totally Understands Why OJ Simpson Killed His Wife That One Time

Former Kendall resident OJ Simpson and former Miami Beach resident Hulk Hogan probably could have been friends during the time in Miami-Dade, because Hogan seems to think they both have a lot in common. In a recent interview with once-relevant music magazine Rolling Stone, the wrestler let it be ... More >>

Face Value

Beauty is as deep as your pockets

Primping Periodical

Beauty is as deep as your pockets

Scintillating Styles

Find your fashion forecast in the stars

Because You’re Worth It

It’s an all-weekend pretty party

Flickering Brightly

Read and listen at The Firefly

BEST PLACE FOR COCKTAILS

V Bar and Lounge

Still In Love

Nearly a year after their debut, The Stills are still figuring out the rock and roll thing

A Magazine for Not Stupid Men

Loft insists it's not Ocean Drive and not Maxim -- maybe true, but not by much

BEST NEWSSTAND

Worldwide News

BEST MAGAZINE

Closer

BEST LOCAL ZINE

OpenZine

Best Local Zine

Rag

Best Eligible Bachelor

Dan LeBatard

Side Dish

He wasn't a local but the South Florida food world will miss him ...

Best Spanish-Language Newsstand

Guido's Stand

Dressed to Excess

Guido's Stand

The Cachet of Crochet

"Hey, I'm no Calvin Klein," says Shanie Jacobs. Yet her handmade angora garments fetch up to $2500 a pop.

Miami Trite

How could one possibly describe Miami's fiscal meltdown without mentioning Don Johnson?

Gourmet Magazine To Fold

Shock is sweeping the food world this morning along with the news that the November issue of Gourmet Magazine will be its last. It has been rumored for some time that Condé Nast was suffering a decline in ad pages and would be shutting down one of its food titles -- but most assumed Bon Appétit, n ... More >>

And Sra. Martinez, Too

I reported yesterday that Area 31 was named as one of Esquire Magazine's Top 20 New Restaurants of 2009. Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez also made the list. On the one hand, I apologize for missing that. On the other hand, the woman gets more than enough press. One more acknowledgement: Kaitlin Y ... More >>

Workshop Workshop Makes Zines Inside Design Miami

Jim Drain​Beginning December 1, Jim Drain of Bas Fisher Invitational, British artist Graham Hudson, and I are co-curating a project inside Design Miami (where my wife works) called The Brief Happy Life of Workshop Workshop. Here's the press release, which I wrote, so I guess it's a press release i ... More >>

Dolphins Sign Richie Incognito

​The Miami Dolphins have signed a one-year deal with controversial guard Richie Incognito, who was released late last year by the Rams. The deal is worth a little more than $1 million to the player with a suspiciously comic book villain-esque name.The Nebraska grad comes with a bit of baggage and ... More >>

SoBeFit Magazine's Next Issue Will be Its Last

​SoBeFit magazine laid off its entire staff today, and the next issue to hit the stands will be the last according to our sources. The locally focused fitness magazine released its first issue in December of 2008, and published six times a year.Little-known journalist and fitness expert Marta Mont ... More >>

Playboy Magazine Names University on Miami #4 Party School in America

​ Breaking news from the best twitter in the land, Playboy's: the University of Miami is no longer the no. 1 party school in the country. It is with a heavy heart that we report that the University of Texas at Austin is the new champion, thanks to its "big-time sports, gorgeous babes, [and] great ... More >>

University of Miami is no longer Playboy's top party school

​ Breaking news from the best twitter in the land, Playboy's: the University of Miami is no longer the no. 1 party school in the country. It is with a heavy heart that we report that the University of Texas at Austin is the new champion, thanks to its "big-time sports, gorgeous babes, [and] great ... More >>

Miami Living Accidentally Publishes Penis Shadow in Cox Issue

See what you've been missing? Hmm...​Miami Living, one of these locally-focused luxury style mags that somehow manages to survive, has accidentally published a penis! Well, the shadow of something that sure looks like a penis.Fox News, of all places, first caught the snafu. The mag's latest issue, ... More >>

Florida Table Magazine Ceases Publication

​Boca Raton-based JES Publishing Corporation, publisher of Boca Raton magazine, has pulled the plug on Florida Table, also its publication. The magazine's latest summer issue -- which featured South Florida's James Beard award nominees on the cover -- was its last. Editor Marie Speed bid farewell ... More >>

VV Brown

​Boca Raton-based JES Publishing Corporation, publisher of Boca Raton magazine, has pulled the plug on Florida Table, also its publication. The magazine's latest summer issue -- which featured South Florida's James Beard award nominees on the cover -- was its last. Editor Marie Speed bid farewell ... More >>

Lyle and Found

​Boca Raton-based JES Publishing Corporation, publisher of Boca Raton magazine, has pulled the plug on Florida Table, also its publication. The magazine's latest summer issue -- which featured South Florida's James Beard award nominees on the cover -- was its last. Editor Marie Speed bid farewell ... More >>

Drive North

​Boca Raton-based JES Publishing Corporation, publisher of Boca Raton magazine, has pulled the plug on Florida Table, also its publication. The magazine's latest summer issue -- which featured South Florida's James Beard award nominees on the cover -- was its last. Editor Marie Speed bid farewell ... More >>

Editors of Florida Agenda Resign Over Censorship of Gay Club Pickpocketing Story

​The former Editor-in-Chief Dmitry Rashnitsov and News Editor Jeremy Jones of the Florida Agenda, one of South Florida's few bastions of serious journalism targeted at the gay community, have abruptly quit after they believed publishers tried to censor them. Rashnitsov had relinquished his role as ... More >>

944 Magazine is Closing

​944, the magazine for people who find Ocean Drive too challenging of a read, is closing. The chain of glossies with a Miami Beach edition published its last set of issues with the June edition, and then will be no more. The company filed for bankruptcy protection last year, and though it found a ... More >>

Zine Dreams

​944, the magazine for people who find Ocean Drive too challenging of a read, is closing. The chain of glossies with a Miami Beach edition published its last set of issues with the June edition, and then will be no more. The company filed for bankruptcy protection last year, and though it found a ... More >>

The Hundred in the Hands at Electric Pickle June 23

​944, the magazine for people who find Ocean Drive too challenging of a read, is closing. The chain of glossies with a Miami Beach edition published its last set of issues with the June edition, and then will be no more. The company filed for bankruptcy protection last year, and though it found a ... More >>

Plum TV President Robert Gregory Leaves to Take Over Newsweek

​Less than a week after the departure of CEO Jerry Power and a day after mass layoffs were announced, the crumbling Plum TV luxury media empire now faces another loss. President Robert Gregory is leaving to take the same position at Newsweek Daily Beast Co. Of course, considering the state he left ... More >>

Prison Legal News Sues Florida Department of Corrections for Banning Its Publication

PLN Associate Editor Alex Friedmann​A national legal magazine for prisoners has filed suit against the Florida Department of Corrections, claiming it's been censored from distributing in Florida prisons due to a vendetta by the state agency. According to a complaint filed today, the DOC has reje ... More >>

Suzy Buckley: Mining Miami Luxury

PLN Associate Editor Alex Friedmann​A national legal magazine for prisoners has filed suit against the Florida Department of Corrections, claiming it's been censored from distributing in Florida prisons due to a vendetta by the state agency. According to a complaint filed today, the DOC has reje ... More >>

Americans Spent 24.4 Percent More on Butt Lifts Even as Economy Sagged

​Between 2009 and 2010 the American economy was slowly recovering from crises, but that didn't quell America's obsession with booty meat. Newsweek reports that in that time Americans were spending a lot on plastic surgery procedures, including 24.4 percent more on butt lifts even as we were cuttin ... More >>

Castro, Chavez Make Top Ten List of World's Worst Dictators

​We just usually read Parade magazine for Howard Huge cartoons and "Ask Marilyn," but the magazine actually keeps a somewhat frequently updated list of the world's worst dictators. For the first time this year, Raúl Castro and Hugo Chávez made the top ten list.