U.S. Army

Weekly News Wrap – 1/25/08

WTF Is It?!? Round 6.9

Keep Off The Grass!

What a Gas!

Terence's Stamp

The perenially pompous Mr. D'Arby puts his imprimatur on another ambitious pop-soul epic

Hail to the Chief

The perenially pompous Mr. D'Arby puts his imprimatur on another ambitious pop-soul epic

But Wait: Attorney Says Bay of Pigs Vet Will Collect That $1 Billion From Castro

First Fidel Castro's cronies took his father's car dealership. Then, they took his father's life.Time to Pay Up, BuddNow, Gustavo Villoldo has a legal verdict for $1 billion against El Commandante himself. And he fully intends to collect, as crazy as it sounds.Miami-Dade County Judge Peter Adrien aw ... More >>

Still Lapping It Up

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Bring On the Dancing Horses

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Letters from the Issue of May 17, 2007

"Camilo Mejía, you, sir, use America's freedom of speech to erase your cowardice."

Letters from the Issue of January 11, 2007

"Beasley has been working tirelessly behind the scenes"

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Captured Cop Chat

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Screen for Me, Argentina

If you bump into Lucrecia Martel at the Miami International Film Festival, don't ask her about metaphors

Texas High Notes

The SXSW music fest showcases the city as much as the artists

Indian Giver

The Missing misses plenty, except ancient prejudices

Go with the Flow

A wet but not wild riverside bash

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up dance music while the U.S. blows up Iraq

Frometal Jacket

The extreme idealism of F-4 commander Rodolfo Frometa

Slave & Seminole Rebels

How the red and the black once fought the white ... and won

Letters to the Editor

Last week's cover illustration? Disgusting!

Hell and Back

Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors.

Shake

Clothes don't make the MIA

Shake Summer Vacation

Cowboy kicks on Route 66

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

Getting to Know the Enemy

For black soldiers in the battle for the American West, friend and foe became hard to distinguish

Panther, Panther Burning Bright

MC5: Gun-toting revolutionaries say the darndest things

Letters

MC5: Gun-toting revolutionaries say the darndest things

Rebuilding Beethoven

The New World Symphony hopes to start a classical music revolution with a bunch of kids and a big idea

Where Have All the Russkies Gone?

The New World Symphony hopes to start a classical music revolution with a bunch of kids and a big idea

Overthrow on the Radio

With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

A Brief History of the Miccosukees

With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

State of Siege

With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

Memorial Day At Miami Beach VFW Post 3559

Jacob KatelDebbie Brooks - VFW bartender since about 1995 Miami Beach VFW Post 3559 is the best kept secret on the beach, particularly on Memorial  Day. All the regulars were cool with me, but nobody there seemed too keen on the idea of the whole world finding out about their $2.50 beers or $3. ... More >>

The Men Who Stare at Goats: Did aliens abduct George Clooney's sense of humor?

Jacob KatelDebbie Brooks - VFW bartender since about 1995 Miami Beach VFW Post 3559 is the best kept secret on the beach, particularly on Memorial  Day. All the regulars were cool with me, but nobody there seemed too keen on the idea of the whole world finding out about their $2.50 beers or $3. ... More >>

National Album Review: Soundtrack for The Men Who Stare at Goats (GenArt Screening Tonight)

​It's kinda difficult to take seriously a soundtrack that features components entitled "Jedi Prayer" and "LSD in the Water." Well, British composer Rolfe Kent most likely wouldn't have kept those crazy headings had he expected anybody to stay truly serious while listening. But be assured that Kent ... More >>

Buzz Bake Sale 2009 Lineup Announced

via Flickr user beana_cheese​103.1, The Buzz has announced the lineup of their 14th annual Buzz Bake Sale 2009, which is slated to take place at Cruzan Amphitheater on December 5. This twelve hour music festival is taking place over three stages starting at 10 am. Tickets, which run $20 for lawn t ... More >>

Local Playwright Sandra Riley Presents Hour of the Tiger at New Theatre

Kim Ehly and Gwendolyn Lai lead the cast of Tiger​Almost 38 years ago, the playwright and Miami native Sandra Riley took a job teaching and directing drama at a US Army Base in Japan. Immersed in the history and culture of a strange new land, she became fascinated by the emperors, samurai, and gei ... More >>

Ancient Rituals in a Modern World

Kim Ehly and Gwendolyn Lai lead the cast of Tiger​Almost 38 years ago, the playwright and Miami native Sandra Riley took a job teaching and directing drama at a US Army Base in Japan. Immersed in the history and culture of a strange new land, she became fascinated by the emperors, samurai, and gei ... More >>

Did Efraim Diveroli's Crony Ship Missiles to Hezbollah?

Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington go to war for Restrepo

Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

Restrepo: A South Florida soldier and his comrades, vérité-style

Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

Happy Recycle Day 2010

US Army ​We bet a five-cent aluminum can refund that you didn't know it was national Recycling Day. Sure, this green-friendly holiday isn't as popular as other made-up ones like Valentine's Day or Halloween, and Google isn't commemorating the day with a doodle, but "recycles" is trending on Twitte ... More >>

Food Porn from Asian Cultural Festival

Photo by Riki AltmanThai donuts: You'd have to be lacking taste buds to hate these.​​If you've ever dreamed of eating your way through the fast food stations of Asia, make sure you hit next year's Asian Culture Festival, which takes place annually at Fruit & Spice Park in Homestead. Sure the ... More >>

Super 8: J.J. Abrams's superfun, superloud catastrophe flick

Photo by Riki AltmanThai donuts: You'd have to be lacking taste buds to hate these.​​If you've ever dreamed of eating your way through the fast food stations of Asia, make sure you hit next year's Asian Culture Festival, which takes place annually at Fruit & Spice Park in Homestead. Sure the ... More >>

Elisha Dawkins, Immigrant Army Vet Jailed on Passport Charges, Rejects Deal

Elisha L. Dawkins, the veteran of the U.S. Army and Navy who was jailed on a seemingly minor passport fraud charge only to discover he was not actually a US citizen, has rejected a deal that would see the charges dropped. Now, Dawkins' case will go to trial, and he could see up to ten years in jail ... More >>

Should Florida Veterans Hall of Fame Include Rick Scott and Six Confederate Soldiers?

​We all know the Rick Scott administration isn't big on creating new government programs, but Scott's former chief of staff, Mike Prendergast, who now heads the state Department of Veterans Affairs, wants to institute a Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. Scott signed off on a bill authorizing the crea ... More >>

Only God and LeBron Can Improve Sales of Florida Specialty License Plates

​Florida offers 122 specialty license plates, and all but two saw declines in sales between 2009 and 2010: The "In God We Trust" plate and the Miami Heat plate. Yep, unless you're God almighty or LeBron almighty, Floridians just don't want to shell out the extra cash to worship you on their bumper ... More >>