Sizzle, swelter, big hair gone awry, one phrase sums up Miami in August: "Coño, it's HOT!" No surprise, same old story each year. The blazing summer scorches your hand and leaves your face beet red every time you enter your car each afternoon this season. While there's no telling if a Chihuahua or small child will actually roast if you leave either in a locked car at a strip mall parking lot, your blistered butt is enough to justify road rage. Just last week a woman brandished a loaded gun (safety off) at the driver of a slow-moving minivan on I-95. For those of you with busted AC, remember to keep a cool head. Stick your arm out the window and try not to think about verdicts involving police. -- By Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Thursday August 7
Pink Frequencies
A martini unlike any other
For every homophobe spreading irrational thought, radio talk show host and stand-up comedian Michael Martini has a solution. "Sit down, we'll do your hair and makeup and talk about it." He's only half joking when he says that. He probably isn't able to do makeovers on air, but he will talk up a storm. His weekly show has one objective -- to bring issues of sexuality out into the open and change homophobic attitudes one caller at a time. Since his debut in June he's tackled gay adoption issues, moderated debates with the Christian Coalition, and addressed substance abuse in the gay community. The show airs at 6:00 p.m. Thursdays on WPBR-AM (1340), or it can be heard via the Internet at www.talk1340.com/live365.htm. -- By Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Thursday August 7
Roll Film
Independent cinema has a home once again. Now it's at the Miami Beach Cinematheque (518 Española Way). Headquarters to the 10-year-old Miami Beach Film Society, the gallery/bookstore/screening room will debut its programming at 8:00 p.m. with Views from the Underground, a selection of curated cutting-edge shorts that premieres every month in San Francisco as part of Microcinema International's Independent Exposure. Foreign Film Picnic is offered Fridays. Local indie filmmakers get to screen their work on Saturdays. Cinebrunch Sundays feature Hollywood legends and light bites. Admission is $10 tonight and Saturday, $25 Friday, and $20 Sunday. Call 305-673-4567. -- By Nina Korman
