In March, we reported on the release of Miami Graffiti, a photography book by New York husband-and-wife duo James and Karla Murray that captures the unique culture and handiwork of some of our finest street artists. Tommorow, the work of those same graff artists- and the photographers- will be honored in…
Who is the Miami Beach cop who killed twice in one week?
Dwyane Wade Dogged by Baron Richard von Houtman
This week, New Times publishes “Dwyane’s Disaster,” a cover story about Dwyane Wade’s catastrophic partnership with Richard von Houtman, a British baron with a sordid past. Von Houtman has been making wild allegations about the Heat superstar’s personal life since their business relationship dissolved. Two weeks after Wade responded by…
For those keeping score at home, there are now three lawsuits involving Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and his former partners in an aborted South Florida restaurant chain bearing his name. In June, Riptide first reported Wade had filed a libel suit in Miami-Dade court against Richard von Houtman, the vociferous British…
Since 2007, the Marlins have held their free Super Saturday concerts after Saturday-night home matchups in a ploy to get people to attend games even if not for the baseball. The concerts sometimes snare an extra 10,000 fans, and KC and the Sunshine Band were last season’s biggest draw, so the corporate-disco outfit…
In April, we reported on the Craigslist Killings, in which murderers lured victims to their deaths using the classifieds site. Maybe my tale of barely escaping the jaws of a Craiglist predator won’t make national news, but fuck me if it wasn’t traumatizing. I almost sent my PlayStation 3 to…
Back in April, staff writer Tim Elfrink reported that the crap-tastic economy was leading boat-owners, overburdened by docking and maintenance costs, to abandon ship all over South Florida. Naturally, we thought he had fabricated the whole thing. But yesterday, we spotted a dilapidated yacht beached on the South shore of…
In April, we brought you “Treasure Island”, the story of big-time spine surgeon and developer Charles C. Edwards being accused of defrauding a North Bay Village condo building out of $233,000 that was supposed to go towards insuring the place.In three sentences: in 2004, Charles and son James Edwards were…
PerezHilton.com has been intermittently slowed and downed by the numbers of browsers trying to get more information from the gossip site in the aftermath of Michael Jackson’s reported death. Meanwhile, the Herald online has been way behind the loop. While most every daily media outlet has been deciding whether to…
In substance-abuse circles, you often hear talk of the moment you “hit rock bottom.” For your average schmo, it usually involves stealing abuela’s jewelry or fellatio behind a Burger King. For celebrities, there’s an even more clear barometer of when you’re smashing head-first into your own failure: the reality show…
Jon Roberts: Cracked Cowboy
Feline-Lovin’ Sadists Want Cat Killer’s Head
This year, we bequeathed our first-annual “Best Barely Legal Art Blog” to graffiti “online exhibition” MSGCartel.com. We wrote: Browse the site — named for graffiti crew Miami Style Gods — for a while and it becomes clear it’s operated by, and is a meeting ground for, Miami’s most prolific illegal…
Last month, we reported that Riptide’s boxing match against Michael Lohan would still go on even though Jose Canseco got his ass kicked in Japan by a Korean giant. Huh? Y’know, you should probably just read it.Anyway, earlier this week, former Miamian-and-now-despised-jerk Shaquille O’Neal challenged Hong Man Choi — the Mixed…
Fret Not, Uber-Bombers of MSG Cartel
Watch more Comedy Central videos on AOL Video So on Sunday, cops arrested the alleged cat killer, a clean-cut kid who likes to blow shit up and has friends that call him “niggercake” but otherwise seems nice enough. The exposure of Tyler Weinman has simply given a face to the…
Before the NBA Finals began, there were quite a few columns written about this Magic-Lakers series being haunted by the Ghost of Shaquille O’Neal — you know, because the former Miami fixture played for both teams and has had such a contentious history with Kobe Bryant. Seemed like a bit of…
Ten days ago, Riptide broke the story that Dwyane Wade had filed a $100 million libel suit against former business partner and current nemesis Baron Richard von Houtman. The reason: a series of inflammatory emails sent to Miami Heat coach Pat Riley alleging drug use and domestic abuse by the superstar.Once…
Hollywood cops and politicians are hot on the trail of a “bold graffiti master” defacing their city’s walls, or they might be — once they figure out they’re actually after not one guy but a crew.Yep, yesterday the overall feeling of security among South Florida’s graffiti writers improved an estimated…
Miami Edison High Football Star Makes a Great Escape
Last Thursday, TV personality, beach canoodler, and sometime Catholic priest Alberto Cutié joined the Episcopal Church. His official reason: He had “searched [his] soul and sought God’s guidance.” Of course, the fact that Episcopalian priests are allowed to marry (and, we assume, canoodle) had absolutely nothing to do with his…
