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Letters from the Issue of April 5, 2007

"300 has earned a spot in my ever-expanding gay porn collection."

Sometimes He Feels Like a Nut

Steve Almond and his salty-sweet tome visit

The Cliks

Snakehouse (Tommy Boy/Silver Label)

Harry Connick, Jr.

Snakehouse (Tommy Boy/Silver Label)

Huey Lewis

Snakehouse (Tommy Boy/Silver Label)

Megamedia Mangler

A fired Herald columnist chatters anew

Miami: Blink and You'll Miss It

That's how quickly things change here, which can be invigorating for cities as well as editors

Biblio Blowout

That's how quickly things change here, which can be invigorating for cities as well as editors

Single Guy Diaries

Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

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Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

Letters

Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

Letters

Sex and the Beach and the poetic squalor of it all

National Album Reviews: Chuck Prophet, Monotonix, Saviours, and WHY?

Check Crossfade on Wednesdays from now on for a quick survey of interesting recent national releases.​Chuck ProphetLet Freedom Ring (Yep Roc)You've got to hand it to Chuck Prophet. While the rest of the world  was panicking about the swine flu outbreak, the San Francisco-based songwriter was ... More >>

Van Peebles, Borowitz, S.L. Price at the Book Fair

Check Crossfade on Wednesdays from now on for a quick survey of interesting recent national releases.​Chuck ProphetLet Freedom Ring (Yep Roc)You've got to hand it to Chuck Prophet. While the rest of the world  was panicking about the swine flu outbreak, the San Francisco-based songwriter was ... More >>

Miami Book Fair: Novelist Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman​ Ben Greenman was a 20-year-old rookie scribe fresh out of Yale when he was hired to write for the Miami New Times in 1990. The Palmettto Senior High alum joined a rabble rousing crew of writers who included Greg Baker, Jim Defede, Sean Rowe and Steve Almond. They were the ones who ... More >>

Random Album Review: Ike Reilly - Hard Luck Stories

​Ike ReillyHard Luck Stories (Rock Ridge Music)If you took the Pogues and multiplied them by the Clash, then divided by Dylan the result would be Ike Reilly. Over the past decade, he's quietly amassed one of the most raucous and literate catalogues in rock and roll. His peculiar genius is best cap ... More >>

Music In This Week's Print Edition of Miami New Times

photo courtesy of Mischa RichterGil Scott-Heron​While we update Crossfade a bunch of times a day, the Miami New Times still features a fresh crop of music news weekly, including features that go into more depth than the usual blog post.This week, Steve Almond talks with legendary poet / spoken-wor ... More >>

Q&A with Steve Almond, author of the new book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life

photo courtesy of Mischa RichterGil Scott-Heron​While we update Crossfade a bunch of times a day, the Miami New Times still features a fresh crop of music news weekly, including features that go into more depth than the usual blog post.This week, Steve Almond talks with legendary poet / spoken-wor ... More >>