Jim Jonsin, Rich Boy and Yelawolf in the Studio

Last night Jim Jonsin, the producer behind T.I.’s “Whatever You Like,” Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop,” Trick Daddy’s “Let’s Go,” and songs by other top artists in the game, was in the studio with Alabama artists Rich Boy and Yelawolf. You may know certified gold recording artist Rich Boy from his song…

Music with Latitude and Longitude

Winter Music Conference left a trail of audio destruction in its wake, but local music aficionados know that the Rhythm Foundation, now in its 21st year, puts on more than 300 shows a year in South Florida, and the Heineken Transatlantic Festival promises a month of high-caliber international bookings. The…

Robert Smith and Vince Neil Form Supergroup

According to celebrity pulicist Mike Ock, Robert Smith and Vince Neil met while shopping on South Beach, hit it off and will be forming a supergroup to be called Motley Cure. They plan to cover r&b songs from the 50’s and 60’s and create an elaborate stage show involving acrobats,…

Free Lobster, Steak, Shrimp and Whiskey

Like food? Freeeeee Fooood? Well today is your lucky day. The American Society Of Professional Amateurs of Southern Florida are hosting a surf and turf dinner of epic proportions and everyone is invited. All interested guests should arrive in all black at the Miami River underpass at midnight. Pick up…

Susan Loomis Thinks Americans Should Turn French!?!

Susan Loomis is an American chef who has been living as an expat in France for more than 15 years. She runs a cooking school at her renovated 15th century home in Louviers, Normandy, France where she lives with her husband and two kids. Susan is the award-winning author of…

Pizza Fusion NMB Offers Deals On Food & Drink

Pizza Fusion (14815 Biscayne Boulevard, North Miami Beach) is giving back to the community. You support them, they’ll support you. Spend enough money there and here’s what you’ll get in return. Free Pizza Mondays – free personal cheese pizza with orders of $25 or more Free Wine Tuesdays – Free…

8 oz. Burger Bar Buys You A Drink

The 8 oz. Burger Bar (1080 Alton Road, Miami Beach) wants to buy you a drink, it only counts for draft beer and “well drinks,” but if you buy one first, they’ll buy the next one. The Happy Hour runs daily from 4 to 7 p.m. and from 11 p.m. to…

Check Out Local Blues From Black Owl Music

Black Owl Music is an independent blues label based in Miami that started in 2003. It seems to have been founded by or is at least very closely related to local bluesman Poppa E, whose show schedule reads like that of a player 40 years his junior, and whose band…

The Burger Beast Interview

The Burger Beast is a South Florida eating machine chewing his way through fried-food-America and blogging his reviews of various establishments at BurgerBeast.com. Most of his posts center on Dade and Broward, but they also cover cities as far as Atlanta, where he recently found himself, and soon Minneapolis, where…

Cheap Eats At Tobacco Road

According to Charlie, a 13 year bartender at Tobacco Road, the oldest bar in Miami, the following special has been running for the past 20 or so years. 1 1/4 Main Lobster for $12.49 on Tuesday All-U-Can-Eat BBQ Ribs for $10.99 on Wednesday 16-oz. T-Bone Steak for $10.99 on ThursdaysThere’s…

WMC 2009: Ultra Video Recap

Here are some fan made videos I found on YouTube from Ultra Music Festival. We’ve got David Guetta, Tiesto, Bloody Beetroots, Juan Basshead, Deadmau5, The Drum and Bass Tent, and Swedish House Mafia. These were chosen based mostly on the decency of sound quality — I sacrificed my own ear…

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…

Xtreme Indoor Ladies Night – Driving And Drinking Encouraged

Why is Xtreme Indoor Karting in Ft Lauderdale giving away drinks with reduced price racing sessions to ladies on Mondays? Well, it’s their ladies night, that’s why. Sounds like fun, but the flyer doesn’t explain why they’re advocating what common sense and MADD tells us is a judgment error of deadly proportions. Apparently when it…

John Martin’s – Irish Brunch, Whiskey In Your Coffee, and 20 Cent Budweiser Bottles

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Cafe Barcelona — Beppe Says Complimentary Cocktails

At Cafe Barcelona, where Mondays are Saturdays, bartender, bar manager, co-owner, and guy who does everything, Beppe, says complimentary cocktails will be available Mondays from 10 p.m. to midnight. How do they do it? “We got sponsors. Next Monday is Sagatiba Cachaca. We have complimentary caipirinhas. You know that? It’s…

WMC 2009: DJ Hell’s Gigolo Night at Goldrush

Here are some pictures from between 1 and 3 in the morning of Gigolo Night at Goldrush strip club in Downtown Miami. Thanks to Goldrush for the shooting access. It’s a good place to spend every dollar in your pocket — don’t worry they have an ATM. Also thanks to…

The Friday Recession Weekly Wrap-Up

Short Order crawls the webs of cyberspace and stomps through the tricounty like a hungry elephant looking for the best local content to serve you, the loyal reader. You are loyal, aren’t you? Aren’t you!? Don’t make us chase you off the page with an electric bread knife. Read on…

Bourbon and Blues — Drink Up, Eat Right, Jam Out

Here’s what you missed last night if you weren’t at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak in Aventura: 25 percent off whiskey and bourbon from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with live blues by local legend Albert Castiglia.No problemo. They’re doin’ it again next week,…

Cities On The Cheap – Former Herald Staffer Pimps The Internet

Downsized Herald Assistant Features Editor Teresa Mears is the mastermind behind the South Florida contingent of the Cities On The Cheap blog network. This is a group of independently owned and operated hyperlocal deal aggregators focused on specific cities throughout the U.S. Teresa’s blogs officially launched just a couple of…

WMC Preview: Q&A With Fedde Le Grand

Who is Fedde Le Grand? According to Wikipedia he is a world famous Dutch house DJ and producer. Why is he in Miami? Apparently they got some kind of techno festival goin on down here. Who cares? A lot of people, maybe even you. So what’s with all the stupid…

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

MARCH 25 Aero Bar. Therapy 10 Year Anniversary: jojoflores, Mike Fresco, JaBig, Danny Krivit, Phil Asher, Ultra Nate, Nicolas Matar, Studio Apartment, Pablo Martinez, Lisa Shaw, DJ ZO. Free with WMC Badge. Wed., March 25, 10 p.m. $20. gotsoul.b3@gmail.com. 247 23rd St, Miami Beach, 305-674-1110, aerobarmiami.com. Black Sheep Music Lounge…

Big Drops, Hot Grease, and Tigers

We’ve been kicked off the cable cars for spitting on the little heads 50 feet below, smoked out on the ferris wheel, tripped acid on the Gravitron, and gotten laid in the parking lot. But the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition is not just for kids. This year, for the…