New Times Groove On Battle of the Bands: Your Guide, Part 1

The Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands would have sent the competition’s winner to the stage of the Langerado Music Festival, but the communist business-hippies behind that event got scared and pulled the plug on the show last minute, so battle winners are flying to and staying…

Monkey Jungle Hosts Malagasy Feast

Monkey Jungle in Cutler Ridge is hosting a Malagasy Feast this Saturday as part of its Malagasy Festival, which is a celebration of Madagascar through the country’s food, music, art and animal life.The feast is being prepared by tropical fruit tree expert Robert Barnum and includes Okra Lamb SoupThree Fruit…

The Scullery: Chef Jonathan Stories

Chef Jonathan E!$mann told me a couple stories while I was shooting Behind The Line at his restaurant, I don’t know how googlable he wants them to be, if he wants them associated with his name or with his restaurant so major identifying elements, name, restaurant and image, have been…

Behind The Line with Chef Jonathan Eismann of Pacific Time

Behind The Line – Jonathan Eismann Talks Pacific Time from Miami New Times on Vimeo. In this Short Order Behind The Line exclusive video clip, hear Pacific Time owner Chef Jonathan Eismann talk about his restaurant’s move from Lincoln Road to the Design District. Short Order Behind The Line was…

Interview with Hell’s Kitchen’s Chef Danny Veltri

Here’s the exclusive Short Order interview with Chef Danny from Hell’s Kitchen 5. Chef Danny Veltri talks about fame, competition and gives out his personal Myspace address, you heard it here first. Hell’s Kitchen 5 featuring Chef Danny appears on the FOX network every Thursday at 9 p.m. and can…

South Florida Music Scene Blog Documents Hardcore History

The South Florida Music Scene blog is a digital archive of as much as you can humanly find of what has gone on down here. There are old flyers, articles, digitized records, videos, shit like that. Here’s how the “About Me” section of the blog reads.”This blog is meant to…

Denny’s Promises Free Breakfast Tomorrow

February 1st, during the Superbowl, not only did Hulu admit it’s got an evil plot to take over the world, but Denny’s promised everyone in America that on Tuesday between 6am and 2pm they’re giving everyone in America a free Grand Slam. Instant, disposable, corporate junk food culture be damned,…

BB King and Buddy Guy – Your Pre West Palm Show Warmup

If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…

Behind The Line – Chef Allen Susser Talks Sustainable Fish

Chef Allen Talks Sustainable Fish from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Chef Allen Susser, owner of Chef Allen’s restaurant in Aventura and the innovator of New World cuisine, talks about the importance of sustainable fish to our local economy, environment, and his restaurant’s menu. Learn more at ChefAllens.com…

DJ R3K Says Techno Sucks

R3K was on the streets of downtown putting flyers on peoples cars. I asked him what the deal was. Here’s the interview.New Times: What’s your name and what do you do?My [DJ] name is R3K+. I spin at Psychic Tuesdays with DJ Healer at Bella Rose and Nightdrive Wednesdays at…

Pizza-Related Violence at Mokai Caught On Tape

52: Pizza Guy from rakontur on Vimeo.Miami’s digital auteurs, Rakontur, caught this classic South Beach food-related violent club incident on tape as part of its Clubland Miami web series. The pizza this pain-glutton lunatic is eating appears to be Papa Johns. I placed a call to their 15th street location…

Hell’s Kitchen 5 – Chef Giovanni

Alright culinary-reality-fanatics, meet Giovanni, one of three Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestants from Florida. Giovanni is the executive chef at Creehan’s Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is a Gulf Coast beach town close to Pensacola. Pensacola’s about as un-Miami as you can get in Florida, but it is in the…

Hell’s Kitchen 5 – Chef Danny

This dude is appearing on Hell’s Kitchen 5 premiering tonight on Fox at 9pm. His name is Danny and he’s from Edgewater, Florida. There are three Florida contestants this year on Hell’s Kitchen 5. Danny is 23 years old and works as an executive chef. He’s a self proclaimed redneck…

Hell’s Kitchen 5 – Chef Paula DaSilva Interview

This season FOX’s smash reality hit Hell’s Kitchen 5 features 3 Florida Chef’s, Paula DaSilva is one of them. Paula works as Chef De Cuisine at 3030 Ocean at the Marriot’s Harbor Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. I spoke to her via telephone and here’s what she had to say.”I…

Tune of Destruction

This is Miami-Dade County, home of Chevys riding high, but you ain’t a real big-timer until you’re sittin’ on 66-inch tires and you’ve got 1,475 horsepower on a 540 Merlin engine. That’s Gravedigger, the most famous monster truck in the world. And you can see it live at Dolphin Stadium…

Proof that Hustle Holicz Have a Street Hit: Fan Videos on YouTube

The Hustle Holicz are the Dade County group behind the streets-to-radio hit “I’m So Throwed.” The song has a great ad lib and you’ll find it hard to get it out of your head. It’s a sound effect that sounds like a cross between Master P’s “uuhhhh,” Lil Jon’s “Yeeeeaayah”…

Throwback Tuesdays: John Cougar – “Miami”

Here’s a great video I found by none other than John Cougar before he added that stupid Mellencamp and ruined everything. This video pioneers the South – Beach – music – video genre and exceeds the quality of almost everything that came after it. Here are the lyrics to the…

Cafe Martorano Media Blitz

Ft. Lauderdale’s Cafe Martorano and its owner Steve Martorano exert the media-industry equivalent of gravitational pull. He and his restaurant attract attention. Da guy’s a star yaknowwhadamean? He’s got his landmark South Florida headquarters, a joint in Vegas, national tv spots cookin meatballs, Gail Shepherd’s writin about him, face on…

Liberty City Gospel Video with Basic Training Deliverance Academy

Vincent Spann and The Spann Family Band from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Back in late December I embedded myself for 24 hours with the Basic Training Deliverance Academy in Miami’s Liberty City. This video of Pastor Vincent Spann covering a classic track with his kids on keys and drums is…