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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Miami is America's 10th Least Religious City

    Good thing we're all so used to warm temperatures, because apparently a lot of Miamians are going to Hell. According to data just released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies and the Association of Religious Data Archives, Miami is America's 10th least religious city.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Miami's Public Transit System Ranked Eighth in the Country

    "The bus smells like the bologna sandwiches at DCJ," a friend recently quipped. He was sitting next to a woman who kept shouting about Jesus on a seemingly never-ending bus ride to South Beach. "This is wacky, bro." Indeed it is. But it's that very stench of stale deli meat and those lovable schiz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Only 36 Percent of Americans View Miami Favorably; 33 Percent Just Don't Like Us

    Miami's polling numbers are almost as bad as Gov. Rick Scott's.Public Policy Polling decided to ask Americans whether they view 21 prominent American cities favorably or unfavorably, and Miami didn't do too well. Only 36 percent of Americans view Miami favorably, compared to 33 percent who view the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    LeBron James Urged To Join All-Star Dunk Contest By Incredibly Persuasive Kid

    ​"Don't let my Saturday night go to a waste. Come on man, don't say that if you simply lose it will be a waste of your night. Come on man, you'll be dunking against rookies and stuff. It encourages other stuff, and stuff. All right, man? Come on." Such is the thrust of the argument implored by a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Watch Latin Burger on Eat St. Tonight: I Will Appear!

    ​Latin Burger and Taco's hot-pink and black truck is a permanent fixture on the streets of Miami. Just about any day of the week, you can find a flock of people enjoying the Latin macho burgers and tacos for which the truck is famous.So it comes as no surprise that when Eat St. visited Miami to fi ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2012

    The Taxpayers at Sweat Records January 5

    ​Latin Burger and Taco's hot-pink and black truck is a permanent fixture on the streets of Miami. Just about any day of the week, you can find a flock of people enjoying the Latin macho burgers and tacos for which the truck is famous.So it comes as no surprise that when Eat St. visited Miami to fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    The Taxpayers Bring "Goof Punx, DIY Music, and Jimmy Buffett" to Sweat Records

    ​Hare Krishna hardcore? Screamo? Whatever-the-fuck-genre-Flogging-Molly-plays? There's no denying it: Punk rock has gone through some seriously bizarre permutations. And in keeping with the big-tent genre's proclivity toward making bedfellows of once-disparate sub-scenes (like suburban US skate-p ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    YACHT at the Electric Pickle December 1

    ​Hare Krishna hardcore? Screamo? Whatever-the-fuck-genre-Flogging-Molly-plays? There's no denying it: Punk rock has gone through some seriously bizarre permutations. And in keeping with the big-tent genre's proclivity toward making bedfellows of once-disparate sub-scenes (like suburban US skate-p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    YACHT Kicks Off Art Basel Miami Beach Week at the Electric Pickle on December 1

    ​Whether you're dropping mad bills on contemporary art at such-and-such satellite festival or stalking celebrity art collectors at the Miami Beach Convention Center, there's one thing about Basel week that everyone can agree on: It's all about the afterparty. Case in point: The Electric Pickle. N ... More >>

  • Music

    November 3, 2011

    Check Yo' Ponytail tour at Grand Central November 5

    ​Whether you're dropping mad bills on contemporary art at such-and-such satellite festival or stalking celebrity art collectors at the Miami Beach Convention Center, there's one thing about Basel week that everyone can agree on: It's all about the afterparty. Case in point: The Electric Pickle. N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Miami's Slashpine Makes the Pilgrimmage to Meet Olympia's Wolves in the Throne Room

    Photo by Chris BeugThese are Wolves in the Throne Room.​Slashpine Travelogue Wolves in the Throne Room The Chop Shop, St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, September 23, 2011 It's hard to reckon the episode we experienced in Florida's backwater over the weekend. It was was meant to be a quick detour on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Last Saturday's Wynwood Food Truck Meetup Drama Free

    All photos by Laine Doss Kristi, Allesandra, Jackie, Jav and Ben enjoying the evening.​After last week's City of Miami press release and statement, as well as various emails and rumors that Wynwood art gallery owners might be less than thrilled about food trucks serving on the streets durin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Meet the Miso Hungry Food Truck, Out in North Miami Tonight and Pinecrest Tomorrow

    Miso Hungry's lettuce wraps with chickenAmong the crop of recent entries into the Miami food truck scene, one of the brighter stars is Miso Hungry. In a sea of burgers and tacos, the bright blue truck has stood out with a fresh take on casual pan-Asian fare, in which bright flavors and crisp vegetab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Five Weird Fruitcake Recipes: Whiskey, Spam, and More

    yarntomato.com​Tis the season to give, and what better gift to give than a good ol' loaf of brick-like fruitcake? We all know how much people love to receive these little gems, don't we? If you are stumped on what to give to the host of your neighbor's holiday party, why opt for a fruitcake that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Miami's Vegan Pizza Options Are Limited

    ​The coolest thing I heard this week is that Bill Clinton is now eating a mainly vegan diet. Not only that but he's doing it right -- vegan protein shakes in the morning and a eating well-balanced, colorful range of foods. You go, Bill, the whole vegan community is rooting for you.The second best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Around Town: ANR, MillionYoung, Dave Barry, Art Walk, and Yo' Mama

    Chicken for dinner: Just a glimpse of the fare at this Sat's Art Walk. ​We don't know about all of you but we're exhausted from busting homophobic hypocrites and providing fodder for unfunnyman Jay Leno and funnyman Stephen Colbert. What have you accomplished this week? No matter. Everyone deserve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Miami Free Times: Beauty Advice, Southern Gothic Fiction, and David Frankel

    "You Like Everything About Me, Except Me" by Tawnie Silva​Monday: Sometimes it feels like we need a flux capacitor just to get through Mondays. Continue with that theme at Buck 15's Buck to the Future party for some Rum and Tab soda. No cover!Tuesday: It'll be strange to see her without Stacey and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    There is Enough Content: How to Decentralize South Florida's Radio Markets

    Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small democratic strategist with no party affiliation. From time to time, we will surrender our space for his thoughts on t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    Of Pythons and Poems

    Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small democratic strategist with no party affiliation. From time to time, we will surrender our space for his thoughts on t ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2010

    Head Spins: Dubstep ambassador the Reazin plays the Vagabond

    Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small democratic strategist with no party affiliation. From time to time, we will surrender our space for his thoughts on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Head Spins: The Reazin, Playing at the Tenth Get Low at the Vagabond This Thursday

    courtesy of Tara Ink​Who'da thunk they'd even heard about dubstep up in West Palm Beach, let alone been in on the action? But it's true. The U.K.-birthed electronic music phenomenon is alive and kicking up in South Florida's third county. That either means those folks are hipper than we think, or ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Y Not MCA?

    courtesy of Tara Ink​Who'da thunk they'd even heard about dubstep up in West Palm Beach, let alone been in on the action? But it's true. The U.K.-birthed electronic music phenomenon is alive and kicking up in South Florida's third county. That either means those folks are hipper than we think, or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    That Red Balloon Over Collins on the Weekend? Part of a DARPA Contest

    via djuggler's FlickrAn example of one of the balloons. ​That giant red weather balloon hovering over Collins Avenue this past weekend wasn't some sort of Art Basel-related installation. It was part of a U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest. DARPA set& ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2009

    YACHT

    via djuggler's FlickrAn example of one of the balloons. ​That giant red weather balloon hovering over Collins Avenue this past weekend wasn't some sort of Art Basel-related installation. It was part of a U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest. DARPA set& ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Vivian Girls, Exene Cervenka, The Blow at Pulse Miami Art Fair in December

    Vivian Girls​The Art Basel Miami Beach music news just keeps coming. This time we've received word that the Vivian Girls, Exene Cervenka and the Blow will be performing at Pulse Miami Art Fair, which moves to Ice Palace Studios this year. Their performances are part of the fair's Pulse Miami Perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    YACHT Docks at Electric Pickle November 14

    Photo by Sarah MeadowsAll that glitters is gold in YACHT's universe.​If anyone has had an amazing year, its definitely been the quirky electronic duo from Portland YACHT. After being relegated to relative obscurity since its inception in 2003, their breakthrough came after Claire Evans joined Jona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    School of Rock: Glass Candy 101

    Ida No and Johnny Jewel of Glass Candy.​If you're planning to stop by the Vagabond tonight to check out Portland duo Glass Candy, you are definitely in for a disco-laced treat. But if your knowledge on the pair is pretty much equivalent to your knowledge of quantum physics, let us give you the cli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    5 Guys, Table 8, Bond Street, Waxing On Waxy, and A Diss At The Polls

    ​Bond Street, one of our best sushi establishments, is opening a branch in the tony Thompson Beverly Hills hotel (the flagship Bond Street is in NY - SoBe's opened in 2001). One of the cooler treats at the new place will be soy sauce "caviar", tiny dots of the dark liquid encased in thin-skinned m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Cosmo for Dudes Website Says It's a Man's World in Miami

    Thank God for websites like Askmen.com. Without them, where would the single males of the world learn jewels of social wisdom such as "Why being nice doesn't work" and "Ten things to have in your house that women love"? (Attention, gentlemen: You should apparently "try to get your hands on a cow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    MDC to Return to South Florida, at Churchill's on April 11

    M.D.C., a.k.a. Millions of Dead Cops, a.k.a. Multi-Death Corporation, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Children, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Christians, a.k.a. Millions of Damn Christians, a.k.a. Magnus Dominus Corpus, a.k.a etc., etc., return to Miami on April 11. The hardcore punk originators hail, origin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Art Basel Week: "The Gossip After Dark," Dec. 4

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Sports Illustrated: Fair Chances for a Miami MLS Team

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at White Room

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    Glass Candy

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2007

    Last Night: Josh Smith at the Poorhouse

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    Earl Greyhound

    This isn't a live performance by the Gossip per se. But the band will most certainly be in the house at O.H.W.O.W. tonight, for a party following the opening of Portland Now, a group show at the Bas Fisher Invitational space. (It's curated by the band's guitarist, Brace Pain, a.k.a. Nathan Howdeshel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2007

    Gee, Wiz

    If only Arenas could come every night

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2006

    The Meters Are Coming

    If only Arenas could come every night

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    The Decemberists

    Picaresque Kill Rock Stars

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Up From the Underworld

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    M. Ward

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2003

    Electric & Eclectic

    Music and art merge for the night

  • Music

    May 30, 2002

    Loser in Love, Winner at PopLife

    Casiotone for the Painfully Alone wishes the Piccadilly indie night many happy returns

  • Music

    May 23, 2002

    Rush the Gates

    Miranda July pries open the profound tyranny of doubt

  • City Life

    May 17, 2001

    Best Pint-Size Newsletter

    Urban Forum

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Various Artists

    Safarini: In Transit (Smithsonian Folkways)

  • Music

    August 6, 1998

    Rotations

    Safarini: In Transit (Smithsonian Folkways)

  • Music

    November 27, 1997

    Rotations

    Safarini: In Transit (Smithsonian Folkways)

  • Music

    March 16, 1993

    Virtual Woodstock

    The X Generation takes culture by the throat

  • Film

    October 23, 1991

    Boise Will Be Boise

    The X Generation takes culture by the throat

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