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Wish You Were There: Les Claypool at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre, May 30

Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend's biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool's national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the Pompano Bea ... More >>

Is Kanye Dropping a New Album This Year?

Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend's biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool's national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the Pompano Bea ... More >>

Craigslist Will Start Charging For Job Posts In SoFla

Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend's biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool's national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the Pompano Bea ... More >>

The Chronicles of I Set My Friends on Fire, Episode 1

Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend's biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool's national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the Pompano Bea ... More >>

Congressmen Bore the Hell out of Us on YouTube, Vote Spaghetti Cat in '10!

It's not that people don't want to watch Mario Diaz-Balart videos on YouTube. This video of him experiencing some sort of Sarah Palin-induced seizuregasm at a John McCain rally has more than 35,000 views (although over half of those were from me). It's just that people don't want to watch Mario Diaz ... More >>

Pope Won't Poke You On Facebook

Benedict XVI is the first Pope to take office in the information age, and as such will have to endure internet memes like these for all of his term. So it's no surprise the holy leader of Miami's biggest religion is taking on the internet. According to the AP, the Pope is open to social netoworking ... More >>

Interview with Hell's Kitchen's Chef Danny Veltri

Here's the exclusive Short Order interview with Chef Danny from Hell's Kitchen 5. Chef Danny Veltri talks about fame, competition and gives out his personal Myspace address, you heard it here first. Hell's Kitchen 5 featuring Chef Danny appears on the FOX network every Thursday at 9 p.m. and can al ... More >>

South Florida Firm Finds 90,000 Sex Offenders on MySpace

Not every sex offender lives under a bridge, in fact if they're not in jail, many have relatively normal living conditions complete with internet connections and MySpace accounts. Sentinel Tech Holding, a Miami-based firm, specializes in detecting registered sex offenders on social networking sites ... More >>

Free Lunch at Goldfinger Palm Beach

I was going to tell you about how to get a free drink at a strip club by printing out a coupon off of a Craigslist event posting, but that promotion expired yesterday, tough luck. Instead I'll tell you where to go for free lunch with bare naked ladies. Here are three promotions advertised by Go ... More >>

Grocery Coupons

                                   From Bramus' Flickr As this is being written, "grocery coupons" is one of the most search ... More >>

Kendall Band I Set My Friends on Fire Makes It Big the MySpace Way

A full-length album, a national tour, and hordes of moshing fans.

Mad Martigan and the Furious Dudes

A full-length album, a national tour, and hordes of moshing fans.

Denny's Adopts Rock Bands

The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side.

Outereach

The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side.

El Show Secreto

The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side.

Gossip 101

"How many times can you rank the hottest sororities? It just gets meaner and meaner."

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

This Sport Kicks Ass

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Battles on Your Lap

Blogging: The new element of hip-hop?

Rhett y Los Borrachos Empeńados

Blogging: The new element of hip-hop?

It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

The year in unfair shares

LY's LY's LY's, Yeah

The year in unfair shares

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Sloshball

Brother's Keeper

Tastes great, less filling: Ween gets serious

Schmooze It or Lose It

The tech boom has South Florida's Internet pioneers and newcomers in a state of rabid networking

Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

The tech boom has South Florida's Internet pioneers and newcomers in a state of rabid networking

Throwback Tuesdays: Poser - "Give It Up"

Ah, thank Google Alerts for bringing this gem of South Florida music past to our inbox. The Sunset Strip story is one that has been told, but what of bands elsewhere in the country who were plying the same sound? One of these, it seems, was a band called Poser based in Ft. Lauderdale. (Perhaps "po ... More >>

Fuzz Buster to The Rescue

Gbalogh via Flickr/CC Miami-Dade police began an unholy crackdown on speeders this past week, leaving plenty of bad South Florida drivers to gripe about record-high $600 tickets. For road demons who are still stewing, meet the county's latest citizen watchdog: A self-appointed speed trap sleuth ... More >>

Facebook Censors Promoter Alexis Mincolla's Flyers and Viral Videos UPDATE

Photo by Charis KirchheimerUPDATE: Facebook has restored Alexis Mincolla's privileges to upload all the Satanic-themed nightclub violence footage he wants.  It appears Facebook doesn't like what Alexis Mincolla, the mastermind behind the popular Black Sunday party at Bella Rose, is posting on h ... More >>

What You Know Bout Expose?

Expose was a chart topping Miami based girl group that got caught up in a protracted legal battle involving labels, lawyers, songwriters and publishers. Eventually the original three members were replaced and the band continued, and you can find them at 'relive the 1980s' type concerts to this da ... More >>

The Fuzz Buster Strikes Again

A Coral Gables man stakes out speed traps in the name of justice.

RIP, Craigslist Erotic Services: 1996-2009

After a couple of high-profile murder cases in which the victim and killer met through Craigslist's "Erotic Services," the popular website has announced it's dropping the section. However, a new adult category has debuted to take its place; company staff will review all of those advertisements. ... More >>

Want to Open for Aerosmith? Don't Worry, You Don't Actually Have to Play a Real Guitar

Now this is an interesting promotion. As regular Crossfade readers know by now, ZZ Top and Aerosmith are playing the BankAtlantic center on Monday July 13. Aerosmith is doing a big promotional push on their newest video game: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and part of that promotion involves you. Before ea ... More >>

Wish You Were There: Over the Weekend of June 4 to 7

via verymanley's Flickr photostreamWish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend's biggest shows. The biggest thing going in Miami this past weekend was the Poplife 10-year anniversary event, which luckily barely escaped the day' ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Static" Demo by People From Venus

via myspace.com/peoplefromvenusPeople From Venus is one of the most under - the - radar quality local acts, but that should change soon with the late-summer release of the band's debut album. I waxed ecstatically about them not too long ago on this blog, but suffice it to say their songwriting boast ... More >>

Diary of a Flasher: So Raw and Sushi Samba

photo by Jipsy, nefariousgirl.comKayakman rocked Sushi Samba.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. From Little Beard and Rotshit at So Raw on a Saturday, to Kayakman on Tuesday at Sushi Samba, my nights out shooting the beat brought some new music to my MP3 player this week.Fi ... More >>

Ouch! My Energy Hurts!

photo by Jipsy, nefariousgirl.comKayakman rocked Sushi Samba.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. From Little Beard and Rotshit at So Raw on a Saturday, to Kayakman on Tuesday at Sushi Samba, my nights out shooting the beat brought some new music to my MP3 player this week.Fi ... More >>

Perez Hilton Might Have Broken Obscenity Laws by Posting Midget Porn

​Apparently at Belen Jesuit, they don't teach classes relating to the proper posting of porn on the Internet. Miami's "favorite" son, Perez Hilton, might have bent federal obscenity laws by posting midget porn on his popular website.See, Chuy, Chelsea Handler's sidekick on her E! talk sh ... More >>

Buy a Boat, Meet a Mermaid

​Apparently at Belen Jesuit, they don't teach classes relating to the proper posting of porn on the Internet. Miami's "favorite" son, Perez Hilton, might have bent federal obscenity laws by posting midget porn on his popular website.See, Chuy, Chelsea Handler's sidekick on her E! talk sh ... More >>

Bill McCollum Is Outraged That Rick Scott Lets Homosexuals Use the Internet

Gays on the internet! Oh my!​The Republican primary for the governor's chair is quickly heading toward full-out insanity. Yesterday, billionaire "conservative outsider" Rick Scott attacked his rival, Attorney General Bill McCollum, for supporting "pro-homosexual" Rudy Giuliani. ... More >>

Fidel Castro to Appear on Cuban TV Tonight to Warn of Obama's Nuclear War

​Fidel Castro is ready for his first closeup in years. After pictures surfaced in the past few days that pro-government sources claim are of the ailing dictator making a rare public appearance, Cuban media reports Castro will appear on Cuban television tonight to promote his theory that the United ... More >>

Art in the Dark

​Fidel Castro is ready for his first closeup in years. After pictures surfaced in the past few days that pro-government sources claim are of the ailing dictator making a rare public appearance, Cuban media reports Castro will appear on Cuban television tonight to promote his theory that the United ... More >>

Simply Jess of the 400 Club Talks T.I. and Tiny, Modeling, and SoBe's Hottest Parties

MQ Images​For the last few years, Simply Jess (AKA Jessica Fajardo) has been a promotions and marketing power player on the Miami Beach nightlife scene. She, her partner J. Little, and the 400 Club have been responsible for some of Miami's hottest parties in recent memory, hosting weekly throwdow ... More >>

Miami PD Removes Jay-Z(s) From Gang Unit Banner

​We're still waiting for official comment from the Miami Police Department as to why they think Jay-Z makes a good criminal prototype. But after a blog we wrote this morning was "forward[ed] to the IT commander", according to spokesperson Napier Velasquez, the department has removed the offen ... More >>

Rick Scott Is Embarrassed by Using Email

​Your grandma probably has an email address, even if it is only to forward you weird chain letters. Everyone uses email these days. Everyone but Rick Scott, apparently. The man has asked constituents not to email him because he gets "embarrassed" by the form of communication. For a governor w ... More >>