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Pet Shop Boys Announce 2013 North American Tour, (Probably) Coming to Miami

Oh, what have we done to deserve this? In just two short months, iconoclastic synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys (otherwise known as Mr. Neil Tennant and Mr. Chris Lowe) will be unveiling their 12th studio album, Electric. And then they'll be venturing across our continent for the "Pet Shop Boys' 'Electri ... More >>

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Fillmore February 16

Grace Potter on Women in Music: "We're in This Weird Separate Category, Doesn't Make Sense"

It's 5 a.m., and an impromptu, collective chant to the tune of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" fills the streets of Baltimore. The city's beloved Ravens were crowned Super Bowl XLVII champions roughly eight hours ago, but the team's diehard fans are still celebrating the victory with the squ ... More >>

Pig Destroyer at Churchill's Pub December 15

Pig Destroyer's Blake Harrison on Grindcore: "You Gotta Have a Fire in Your Belly"

After a few months spent dabbling in bottom-heavy sludge and tension-and-release death metal, South Florida extreme music promotion powerhouse Speedfreek is living up to its name like never before. Six days before the alleged Mayan Apocalypse ends the world as we know it, Richmond, Virginia grind f ... More >>

Congratulations! Florida Had the Least Racist Tweets After Obama's Reelection of Any Southern State

As evidences by this BuzzFeed listicle the racist folks of American Twitter were none too pleased that President Barack Obama won reelection on Tuesday, and a new analysis by Floating Sheep found that most of the racist Tweets were coming out of -- surprise! -- the South. Don't worry though, Florid ... More >>

Burger King Offers Limited Delivery in Miami (Locations Listed)

This news just might make your soggy Friday afternoon a little sunnier. If the office is craving some Burger King today, you might just not have to draw straws to see which unlucky bastard has to go out in the rain. Read Also:- Burger King Does Delivery: The Next Step in Fast FoodBecause Burger King ... More >>

Gay Athletes Go Public

Timbaland Launches New Liqueur With Fontainebleau Bash September 1

For megalomaniac megastars, dominance in one genre is never enough. We've seen famous faces gracing everything from boxes of breakfast cereal to frozen dinners, and now, one of music's biggest moguls is lending his name to a new liqueur.  Producer, songwriter, and rapper Timbaland is the man b ... More >>

Ten Celebrities Who Surprisingly Are Miami Natives

Some Miami-born celebrities never let anyone forget where they're from. Take Pitbull, for example, who just shouts out "305" at least once every 15 seconds.Other celebs born under the sign of the 305 aren't as conspicuous. For many, that's because they were born here but moved as young kids, and for ... More >>

Castro Death Meter: Helicopter-Hijacking, Miracle-Plant-Loving Fidel Is Only 84 Percent Dead, Experts Fear

The corpse of Fidel Castro is enjoying a personal renaissance. He's discovered the haiku form. He admires yogis. He keeps going on about a miracle plant called moringa. He's ordering helicopter hijackings in California.

Get Smashed! Le Blorr, Dirty Names, TV Girl, and Smashfest at The Stage Miami Tonight

After wasting another week flipping burgers, pumping gas, pouring drinks, pushing papers, writing blogs, or whatever, the whole world just wants to get smashed. Even the Bastard Lovechild of Rock 'n' Roll. And if this were next Friday, we might suggest buying up massive quantities of beer, booze, c ... More >>

Jacory Harris is Sorry He Was Such a Pain in Donna Shalala's Ass

​So, the University of Miami has decided its time to let Jacory Harris say words in public again, and trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game after admitting he took about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Har ... More >>

Drop It Low With Kat DeLuna at the Pulse Lounge Opening Party July 28

​You've got a date with pop star Kat DeLuna. And surprisingly, the little Dominican chick is pretty low maintenance. All she wants is a trip to Dolphin Mall, some movie tix, refillable popcorn, two new pairs of banana yellow high-tops, and three or four games of bowling at Strike Miami. Oh, and ... More >>

Florida Wiretap Authorizations Jump 83 Percent in 2010

This may not be the most secure communication device in the world anymore.They're listening. Really hard.Wiretaps in Florida authorized by district courts and the state attorney general rose from 78 in 2009 to 143 in 2010, according to a report released Thursday by the Administrative Office of the U ... More >>

The Wonderful Dallas Fans: Highlights from the Comments Section

"We won the championship! That means we get to threaten people on the Internet!"​It was an innocent post: Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson got arrested when he was found drunk in an apartment complex. If he hadn't called the Heat "classless" earlier this week, there probably wouldn't have been a ... More >>

Scott Fredel on the Best Place to Catch Sailfish

​Scott Fredel, executive chef and owner of Pilar, gave us a rundown on his feelings on sustainable fishing, what you're getting on your plate when you eat at his restaurant, and how expensive it is to commercially fish. Read the first part of the interview for the full story.New Times: You named t ... More >>

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 >>

Miami Beach PD Says Officer Who Body-Slammed Woman in Melee Did Nothing Wrong

A handcuffed Sara Greenback is dragged across the sand by a Miami Beach Police officer.​The Miami Beach Police Department offered a swift reaction to videos that surfaced online after this weekend's on-the-beach melee between angry partygoers at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel event and cop ... More >>

The Cuban Five Should Get a Taste of Their Country's Justice System

​The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five is making much ado about a couple of "important" legal briefs. It's time for the final appeal of the five Castro spies convicted of espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, and other illegal activities in the U.S. The group will even hold a news confer ... More >>

FSU Snaps Miami Women's Basketball Winning Streak

​There's something special going on this season with the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team, but the squad experienced its first setback since their second game by falling to FSU last night 66-59. The loss ends Miami's 17-game winning streak, which tied Duke's longest winning streak in the n ... More >>

Mark Whipple to be Named UConn Head Coach

​So, you're an offensive coordinator who (indirectly at least) gets fired from his job for making his fair share of screw ups that lead the team to never getting into a BCS bowl, yet somehow you end up as a head coach at a school that just got into a BCS bowl this season. Yes, former Miami offensi ... More >>

El Gran Inka's Javier Angeles-Beron Chews on Guinea Pig

Photo by Riki AltmanHe cooks, he manages, and he pours a mean pisco sour.​You might recall a while back we interviewed Chef Christopher Cramer at Panorama about Peruvian cuisine and, for an Irishman, he did seem to know a lot about it. But this time we wanted to chat with the genuine article, Lima ... More >>

Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

Fin and Q American Barbeque shine

Miami Dolphins Draft Wrap-up

​The Miami Dolphins entered the NFL draft with a plethora of needs, most notably at outside linebacker, safety, nose tackle and tight end. They spent their first pick on a defensive end, while pulling the ole switch-a-roo on us and moving Randy Starks to the defensive tackle position. PING! Defens ... More >>

Bravo's Project Runway-esque Work of Art Looks Amazing, Leaves out Miami Artists

​When Bravo announced it would air a Project Runway-like show with artists produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, we were intrigued, to say the least. We actually got excited when Miami was picked as one of the four cities to host a casting call last summer. That went down at the Frederic Snitzer ... More >>

Saturday Night: Surf Nazis on Ecstasy at Goo

photo by Benjamin ThackerSurf Nazis on EcstasySaturday, May 30Goo, MiamiBetter Than: Midnight at the mortuary.  The Review:They don't surf, they aren't Nazis and they don't do drugs -- but Surf Nazis on Ecstasy sure do suck. And by sucking, they are actually really rocking. After all, isn't tha ... More >>

Bet on Norman Braman

Miami's most cantankerous billionaire could win by TKO.

Last Night: Toxic Holocaust, Kingdom of Sorrow, and GWAR at Revolution

Letters from the Issue of January 10, 2008

"How do you reconcile Thorp's catty comments with the original glowing review?"

Top Chef

The hullabaloo over Bouley’s Evolution is justified. And then some.

Letters from the Issue of July 6, 2006

I'll get the girls together for the weekend, leave early ... party, and snooze on the way back"

Letters from the Issue of April 22, 2004

Haiti of yore, more obsessions, posterior postmortems, and the S word

Letters from the Issue of December 18, 2003

Pop Crime Scenes

The D.C. dick who's into cleaning up crime, kung-fu movies, and Missy Elliott

Small Is Beautiful

This little West Palm Beach theater packs a big punch

Talkin' Tolkien

Who has the right to write about the lord of the Ring's fictional tongues?

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of January 11, 2001

The Last Service Station, Part 2

As Big Oil forces out the last independent gas station dealers, the era of truly giant oil begins

His Feathered Friends

Without the help of a South Florida conservationist, the island of Dominica may bid farewell to its national bird

Funky Tuna

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Dope Detective

If it gets you high, chances are that James Hall knows more about it than anyone anywhere

Letters

Inside the American Police

Hall of Fame and Museum: Morbid kitsch and money. Lots of money.

Stop! Thief! C-R-U-N-C-H!

The good old days of high-speed police chases (and the resulting mayhem) are about to end

Program Notes

Forging Ahead