This past Saturday, Get Some at the Electric Pickle hosted Mayday for an hour-long set in the upstairs of the club. Wynwood was banging from a heavy-traffic art walk, the night was steamy as a hot bath, and the club was full of people. It should have been awesome.Live sound…
We ran into the Latin Burger and Taco truck on the streets of the Design District Saturday during the art walk and asked co-owner Jim Heins: “When are you gonna get some beer on this thing?”…
Ali Aziz of Middle East Best Food says, “I make best pita in all of Miami, whole state, maybe whole country.” The humble baker has almost 40 years’ experience as a shop owner and baker in Miami.But his roots go all the way back to Jerusalem. In the 1950s, he…
There was a time when Liberty City’s 15th Avenue was a hotbed for block parties DJed by the likes of Luke Skyywalker, Bo the Lover, and the Funky Fours. Harry Reese, president and CEO of Jesus Team Sports Inc., told us about his days growing up in that era and…
Marlins Super Saturdays are an awesome series of post-game concerts that happen on Saturday ballgames played in Miami. No bullshit, they are a great show. Fireworks explode in an amazing pyrotechnic display, the arena bass drops like a West Coast Impala, and there ain’t no screen like a stadium big…
Ours is long and strong with a big, fat head. Lots of people have told us it’s the largest one they’ve ever seen, even large enough to win a prize. When it’s hanging, slapped against our leg warming up, we can feel all the eyes at the bus stop staring…
Infamous Internet hooker-rapper Memphis Blac explains “Got Dat Work” video
Are you bored? Hungry? Want to eat your way to intoxication? We’ve scoured the world for the top 10 foods that’ll get you high, exposed the rumors and lies, and now we can explain why some of these can kill you. Prepare for food education…
“Totally Guitarded is a punk rock night at a cool Bar with cheap drinks. It’s the only punk night with all DJ’s, no bands.” That’s according to DJ G Or Die who later got so mad at us writing down everything he was saying that he called us stupid, accused…
Think Tank, a project of the Llamabeats and Parable MC, have a new video out for their song “Gun In My Hand” all shot in the City Of Miami in and around the Omni area of Biscayne and NE 2nd Ave South of 36th street. Recognize the landmarks, graffiti, pawn…
El Pimiento in Miami Lakes is an owner-operated Spanish tapas restaurant. Mylo Gonzalez is the dude in charge, but don’t call him chef — he prefers culinary director. Mylo says, “I never went to culinary school. I’m not a chef; forget the chef stuff. This is the real-deal home cooking…
If you could go back in time, would you kill Stalin before he ruined the communism? Do you live in a state of perpetual war against all that sucks? Is your total commitment to the cause what keeps you going everyday? Want to help create an entertainment industry in Miami…
It’s still bigger than hip-hop for Dead Prez. Just listen to their new Miami Beat Wave produced track “This Is Life,” with lyrics like, “In your chromosomes, buried in your DNA, is somebody that’s waiting to get free today. Either man up or you could take the easy way, ain’t…
India is home of Ganesha, the Hindu deity who places and removes obstacles from our path. It’s also the native land of the mango. From the sumac family, the fruit is poison ivy’s cousin and produces an irritant called urushiol. Some folks are so allergic that the mango’s sap, skin,…
India is home of Ganesha, the Hindu deity who places and removes obstacles from our path. It’s also the native land of the mango. From the sumac family, the fruit is poison ivy’s cousin and produces an irritant called urushiol. Some folks are so allergic that the mango’s sap, skin,…
Rick Ross’s homie, Maybach Music’s Carol City Cartel member Gunplay a.k.a. Don Logan, takes his name seriously. Just watch this new Dre Films video production to confirm the dude’s firepower, which includes “two Kalashnikov AK-47s, one with a 100-pound drum and red beam, the other with the flip clips, a Mac-10,…
Sure, there’s that pesky oil spill dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of deadly crude into our fish basket. But when all the seafood is dead or infected, we can find sustenance in the industry that put us in this situation.Besides, gas station food is awesome at 3 a.m. or 3 p.m…
Last time we spoke to Askultura they were telling us about their new EP, You Stank, We Skank. Well, now the band is ready to release it, and in case you’ve never heard their music we’ve got their track “Domestic Insecurities” here for you to listen to after the jump.Askultura’s…
Hemlock was a Miami disco band in the late ’70s that had a hit dance single called “Disco Break.” It got them a 12-inch record pressed by Warner Bros., and a soundtrack credit on a teen comedy called Swap Meet. We found Hemlock on YouTube in a video uploaded earlier today…
Roaches. They’re not shy, they love to eat, and some can even quote Kafka. But none of that makes them a good dinner date. So what are they doing at our local restaurants? The same thing as everybody else; grabbing a bite to eat and trying to get laid.Problem is,…
Cacique’s Corner is a Cuban coffee shop and cafeteria that has stood at SW First Avenue and Flagler Street under the same ownership in downtown Miami since 1987. When Selim Diaz and his family emigrated from the small town of Sasa del Medio, Las Villas, Cuba, in 1980, he was…
Miami New Times editor-in-chief Chuck Strouse has limited us to six F-words per post (what is he, the state police?), so we’d just like to say fuck communism, fuck Fidel, fuck censorship, fuck political repression, fuck the system, and fuck the tyranny of evil! Freedom of speech is awesome. Too bad…
