Subject: Miramar

• Abortion Clinic Owner Faces Arraignment

  April 24, 2007

• Too Hot to Care

  July 25, 2007

• Dead Duck at the Miami Herald

  September 4, 2008

• Letters from the Issue of February 23, 2006

  February 23, 2006

• Under $2 Gas is Real and It's Sensational

  Riptide was preparing to cross the Alligator Alley this past Wednesday to go and visit the familia in a horrible, horrible place known as Collier County. On the way we stopped to get gas somewhere way out in west Broward. We don't remember the name of the town - Weston? Miramar? Bumfuck? Baghdad? Lagado? Shelbyville? Duckburg? - one of those. Anyway, we pulled up to the shell station and realized gas was as low as $1.92! We didn't comprehend. Seriously, we were generally confused. So went to the

  November 28, 2008

• Breaking News: Rapper DMX Arrested Today at Scott Storch's House

  It's been well-documented that rapper DMX is having  possibly the worst year of his life. At last count, he'd been arrested seven times in 2008 alone for charges that range from identity theft and animal cruelty to drug possession and failure to appear in court. As of this afternoon, DMX (born Earl Simmons) has been arrested once again, this time at the home of record producer Scott Storch. On Friday, December 5th, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona issued a 5,000 reward to any

  December 9, 2008

• Dog's Little Half-Acre

  September 4, 1991

• I Said Pull Over, Lady!

  February 5, 1992

• Writers' Bloc

  May 20, 1992

• Dumb Sex Ads and Light Beer Aren't the Spirit for Flight Attendants

  For far too long, Riptide has singled out Burger King as our favorite locally based company with desperately attention-seeking advertising to blog about. At least BK's stunts take a bit of thought and steer clear of the cheap and easy "sex sells" mode of advertising. Not so for the Miramar-based discount airline Spirit. The company's ads are pissing off not only blogger, but also actually its own flight attendants, so much so that their union is making a formal complaint to the company. Spirit's

  January 29, 2009

• Swelter 1

  April 21, 1993

• News Roundup

  A Miami Beach man is facing "federal pimping" charges for running a prostitution ring that exploited immigrant women. [Herald]Restrictions on travel to Cuba may soon be eased. Cuban-Americans will be able to visit family once a year for any time period and spend up to $170 a day. [NBC6]Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart just flew back from Iraq, and boy are his arms tired.[JustNews]The trial of former Miramar city commissioner Fitzroy Salesman for pulling a gun on a teenager begins today. He's also seeking

  February 24, 2009

• Swelter 27

  October 20, 1993

• Program Notes 28

  October 27, 1993

• God's Country

  February 2, 1994

• The Taco That Ate Wellington

  Restaurants are scaling back plans for expansion. That new carpet for the foyer has been put on hold, and the chipped plates will just have to last another year. So it's nice to see one Florida company planning to open 12 new locations this year: According to today's Orlando Sentinel, Tijuana Flats of Maitland, a fast-casual Tex-Mex cafe, is rolling out 11 new stores in Florida and one in Raleigh, N.C. Palm Beach County recently got its first store, in Wellington, complete with a sauce bar that

  March 24, 2009

• Letters from the Issue of March 26, 2009

  "You cannot enlist and then decide after one tour to run and hide in Canada."

  March 26, 2009

• Letters from the Issue of February 12, 2009

  "Though Diveroli seems like a sleaze, everything he has done seems to be legal. The prosecutors rushed into a very legally shaky case."

  February 12, 2009

• Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida

  They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  August 28, 2008

• Body Count

  October 5, 2006

• Too Hot to Care

  August 2, 2007

• Chuck-tastic

  March 1, 2007

• In the Bag

  October 26, 2006

• The Grinders

  May 19, 2005

• The Bitch

  September 16, 2004

• Hit 'Em Where They Live

  March 11, 2004

• Winding and Long

  April 17, 2003

• Chin Music

  April 10, 2003

• Suits vs. Roots

  March 27, 2003

• Hip-Hop Till You Drop

  January 23, 2003

• Jammed Sessions

  November 14, 2002

• Send in the Clown Fishes

  May 2, 2002

• Everybody Party, Nobody Pay

  October 18, 2001

• Little Buenos Aires

  October 4, 2001

• Postcards from the Edgewater

  July 13, 2000

• Goin' Down Slow

  August 19, 1999

• Letters

  March 18, 1999

• Dream Team

  March 5, 1998

• A Sleighful of Yays and Nays

  December 12, 1996

• Letters

  January 4, 1996

• In Havana, On Drugs

  March 2, 1995

• Letters

  September 16, 1992

• Inside the Rapper's Studio: Rahsaan

  You've probably seen Brooklyn-bred MC Rahsaan on Crossfade before (and here), and with regular shows and a loyal following from his adopted home of Miramar to the BK, why wouldn't he be? As of today, Rahsaan is adding another element to his game - business owner. Today is the grand opening of Stock X Change, an upscale sneaker boutique located in downtown Hollywood which will feature exclusive kicks for men and women, and if we know Rahsaan - will always have a dope soundtrack for you to shop

  July 3, 2009

• Transsexual Charged Again with Back-Alley Silicone Injections

  via Flagler County Sheriff's OfficeThe male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client's botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies and Florida Department of Health agents raided the quiet two-story home of Donnie Hendrix at 8 a.m. They collared her for practicing medicine without a license. She's accused of charging $400 to $600 for silicone injections, the same procedure that killed a 53-year-old Miramar secretary

  July 8, 2009

• PPR101 Miami Rap Music Conference and Showcase In Pictures and Video

  PPR101 is a rap industry conference and showcase that tours the country giving paying entrants an opportunity to ask questions of music industry professionals from DJ's to PR experts, to print and web based media representatives. Registered artists also get the opportunity to perform in front of the panel. PPR101 stands for Professional Public Relations 101. The conference is organzed by Divadend Entertainment. Here are some pictures and quotes from the recent PPR101 Miami, which took place at

  July 20, 2009

• Media Roundup - Miami Horse Slaughters Reaching Epidemic Levels

  The dead horse with missing legs and a slit throat on the side of the road in Miami-Dade phenomenon has every pony, stud and stallion, ducking for cover. Apparently there's enough of a market in underground horse meat that people have turned to a ruthless theft and slaughter combo to meet demand. Here's a roundup of recent articles written on the subject.With illegal horse slaughter toll rising health professionals should look for severe food poisoning cases, horse meat may be toxic in cases whe

  July 31, 2009

• Head Spins: Brian Hunker

  September 3, 2009

• Miramar's The Last Heads to St. Louis for Harrah's Next iBar Star Competition

  Jacob KatelThe Last​Crossfade met Miramar's The Last at PPR101 music conference in downtown Miami where they were taking notes on the industry and performing in a showcase.We shot a quick video clip of them performing acapella in the upstairs lobby of the Hilton (freeze frame at right), and their message was "Fuck the radio."The Last have since continued their quest to smash through the "glass ceiling" that keeps independents from breaking through to the mainstream. As such, Dreezee and Toogal

  September 10, 2009

• Wednesday Blog Watch: Off the Radar Looks Across the Pond, Derick G. Does Amsterdam

  via the305.comThe305 is relaunching its print magazine!​*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won't find too much coverage of the local scene here, but Ray Milian and company always dig up really fascinating new stuff that's not necessarily all over Hype Machine. Lately it's seemed to skew towards electro-pop and lo-fi stuff -- with

  October 14, 2009

• The Naked Carpet King Gets a Spray-Paint Facelift

  Before.​South Florida's elite graffiti crew MSG might have lost one of its most prolific taggers, as reported here last week, but it looks like the remaining artistes are picking up the slack. And while Riptide, for legal reasons, remains firmly against vandalizing other people's property, this still wins our heart as the best defacement we've seen in a long time. As touted on his crew's own website, MSGCartel.com, local graffiti legend Crome recently performed a big-schnoz customiz

  October 21, 2009