Noise, art, sound, dissonance, resonance, bass, high shelf, low pass, amps, tables, hacked electronics, loops, synths, midi, speakers. Sound nerds of the world unite. The 20th edition of the Subtropics festival, breaking windows in the MIA since 1989, is upon us. Starting with an opening night reception on February 26th…
Back in 92′, that’s 17 years ago, Snoop wasn’t the Doggfather, DRE wasn’t unfuckwithable and Luke got tried on wax on a track called “Fuck Wit Dre Day” on The Chronic. The diss apparently stemmed from a song on Luke’s first solo cd, I Got Shit On My Mind, where…
Aaah Valentines, that stupid made-up holiday nobody really cares about, except the person you’re with when you forget to get them somethin’. I called up a bunch of restaurants to see what they got goin’ on. Here’s what they said…….
Chicken Wings are to food what guitars are to rock n roll, essential; and there’s no shortage of eateries serving up these fine morsels of fried poultry flesh in South Florida, but there is definitely a shortage of establishments giving them away free of charge…
Tonight, Friday the 13th, in a hard luck city in a bad luck wind, Miami New Times Promotions presents four bands battling for the chance to play a show in NYC with free airfare and accommodations. Last week Afrobeta and Tristan & The Juice made it to the finals. Tonight,…
Notorious Nastie is in the business of death, that’s how he makes his living. Zombie this, bloody that, what ever happened to girls wrestling in baby oil? Tonight, Friday the 13th, all the wicked of Miami converge on downtown for a Grave Rave at PS14. I heard they’re going to…
Back in Miami’s bass music heyday, music video director Dario L. Jaramillo was making a killing creating, producing, directing and editing music videos for Joey Boy Records and Warner Bros. artists. I found his 90’s Miami Bass music video reel on youtube, tracked him down through the powers of whois,…
Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen’s restaurant is a culinary pioneer, a renowned restaurateur and a cool dude. I recently spent several hours in the kitchen of Chef Allen’s restaurant in Aventura. I arrived at four, was provided with a chef jacket and promptly put to work. This was a…
I met Aaron J. Michaels in the back alley behind Pacific Time when his Culinary Convenience truck showed up, parked and invited the kitchen staff in to sample his wares. Culinary Convenience offers a truly mobile shopping experience. Let me reiterate, this guy has an uncramped, walk-in store built in…
It’s Valentine’s Day in Miami and you wanna do the wild thing like a wild thing. Tell your girl to grab your paddle ’cause you’re about to get her hot and wet. Have her bring extra shoes, a change of clothes, and a towel — things could get messy. Also…
Meghan “The Forager” Tanner is a South Florida organics dealer. She provides the freshest produce and ingredients, local, exotic and otherwise, to forward thinking, quality-minded chefs. She’s an Allapattah-market mainstay, a Homestead hustler, a Redland raider, a South Dade trafficker pushing heavy weight up the interstate. I recently rode out…
Video Games and Hip Hop are worldwide phenomenon’s of the past 30 or so years. GamerTagRadio.com is bringing you both, free, in a big and underground way. Find out what Godfree and PeteRocc got in store for you……
Teena’s Pride is a farm deep in South Dade that grows heirloom tomatoes, which means the seeds have been passed down for generations and no genetic modification has taken place. Pictured above is Michael Borek, he runs the place. The farm was passed down to him from his mother and…
Margie Pikarsky is the organic farming guru behind Bee Heaven Farms located deep in the Redland in South Dade County Florida. She has hit the New Times radar before: Click here to read what we’ve written about her in the past…
Robert Barnum of Possum Trot Tropical Fruit Nursery is an expert in rare and exotic tropical fruits. I met him through Meghan “The Forager” Tanner, an organics dealer serving the restaurant industry, I rode down south with her one day as she picked up Dade County’s freshest produce for Michael…
Photo From http://www.martinibar.com Hey Kendall, Grove, South Miami, what’s closer than the beach, less confusing than downtown and stays open til 5 am? Martini Bar, your one stop shopping, drinking and dancing experience. Where else can a party-mom send her kids to the movies, drink herself stupid, doo…
Burr’s Berry Farm in the Redland has been cranking out some of South Florida’s best strawberries since 1960 when Charles Raymond Burr “The Strawberry King” planted his first crop. Burr’s Berry farm operates a fruit stand where you can buy fruits, vegetables, and the fine products made from them, fresh…
Lou Miami is not from Miami, he don’t perform here, he got nothin to do with this place and this place got nothin to do with him. Matter fact, dude’s from Boston and probably just made his name up cause he thought it sounded cool. Give thanks, otherwise I never…
I spoke to Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan’s Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so…
Welcome to the Nuts About Florida factory tour. The Barnard Nut Company has been roasting, packaging, and distributing nuts from right here in South Florida since 1942. I recently got the factory tour and a free bag of pistachios. I had never seen a nut factory before. There were nuts…
Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He’s a talented music dude. Here’s the interview.New Times: How’d you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term “banger” when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal…
Actor Chazz Palminteri’s father always told him: “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent,” and even wrote it down for his baby boy to hold onto. Later, when Palminteri got fired from his job as a club doorman and was down to his last $187, he went to his…
