Last Night: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at BankAtlantic Center

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Thursday, November 14, 2008 BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Better Than: A piping mug of hot chocolate and a handful of candy canes on a warm South Florida day. Before mentioning the jolly thrashing Trans-Siberian Orchestra dispensed at the BankAtlantic Center last night, it should be noted that I have…

ADULT. Coming to White Room Art Basel Week

ADULT. is coming to Miami! And what better week to visit the Magic City than during Art Basel? We told you that Basel has the habit of attracting plenty of musical acts to the city during the week its here, and ADULT. is definitely a rare treat. The duo was…

Q&A with Fedde le Grand

Put your hands up for Fedde le Grand. Everyone knows Fedde le Grand, the Dutch DJ/producer who burst onto the mainstream dance scene with “Put Your Hands Up For Detriot.” It was one of those tracks everybody easily loved. It had awesome hook, dirty beats, and an outrageous climatic peak…

Top Chef Fires Up Tonight With SoBe Chef

Salman Rushdie will be in town to close up the Miami Book Fair, but his ex-wife Padma Lakshmi will be on television across the nation tonight hosting the season premier of “Top Chef: New York.” We’ve already introduced you to constant Jeff McInnis, dubbed “hot chef of our dreams” in…

Video: Q&A with Miami Book Fair Co-Founder Mitchell Kaplan

Mitchell Kaplan is one of Miami’s most beloved figures. As the owner of Books & Books, he already had established a headquarters for a then burgeoning literary scene. When he co-founded the Miami International Book Fair 25 years ago, Kaplan helped to further cement the city as a mecca for…

Porky-N-Beans and Other Funny Names at Ribfest 2008

Elyse Wanshel Parma, Ohio’s Porky-N-Beans won best ribs at Miami-Dade Parks’ Ribfest 2008. Ten bucks and then you get to eat all the free ribs you want? Sounds too good to be true. And it is, busting open the word-of-mouth myth that, last Saturday, lured me down to Homestead Air…

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to Kick Off NADA Art Fair

With Art Basel only three weeks away, there is plenty of reason to be musically excited about South Florida. Why? Because art isn’t the only thing that rolls into town. Plenty of musical acts also stop by that week to entertain the crowds. In previous years Peaches, Iggy Pop, Justice,…

Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat Overcome Slow Start, Giant Chinese Guy

The New Jersey Nets have been struggling with their three-point shooting all season. So, naturally, they decided to rain threes down on the Heat from every angle imaginable inside the American Airlines Arena last night, connecting on a season-high thirteen of them. Five of those three-pointers came from Yi Jianlian,…

Over the Weekend – Crookers, Rufus Wainwright and Coldplay

Hey, cool weather, where did you go? It was a mildly warm and humid weekend, which, on the brightside, allowed for some poolside recovery Sunday after a crazy weekend of going to be after sunrise. Crookers at Heathrow Lounge Logan Fazio Can’t tell you how many times we’ve drunkenly sang…

Dolphins Hold Off Seahawks

In one of the ugliest wins of the season, the Dolphins showed us all what they are: scrappy, crappy, exciting, infuriating, imposing, cringe worthy, and pretty awesome all at the same time. Yet despite all the ugliness, the Dolphins were able to pull off the 21-19 win with a strong…

FriendsWithYou Bringing Child’s Play to Scope Miami

Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval Jr. make up Miami art collective FriendsWithYou, which have been injecting the world with childish fun and color. So is it any surprise that Scope has commissioned the duo to create an interactive experience for fairgoers? “Fun House” will take over the lounge area at…

Q&A with Crookers

Hailing all the way from Milan, Bot and Phra, who together make up the DJ duo Crookers, prove that globalization, at least when it comes to music, isn’t such a bad thing. Arguably, its been the Internet that has given them the power to become more popular than they are…

Miami Loses

Barack Obama cranked on Tuesday, so we’re cranked. And he took Florida too. Wow! It’s history, baby! But then we looked more closely at the results and, well, the Diaz-Balart brothers proved that while negative campaigning didn’t work across the nation, South Florida lapped it up. Miami Dade College lost…

New Times Blogging from McCain Rally in Phoenix

Our sister paper Phoenix New Times is live blogging directly from John McCain’s rally at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, the senator’s home state. As things are looking now, the party might not be much of a party at all. Still, we are going to remain conservative in our…

Election Coverage Around the Voice

Want a broader perspective of what’s happening across the nation with the general election? Well, our 14 sister papers are doing plenty of their own coverage as well. Here are some of the highlights: Westword tries to find problems at the polls but encounters nothing but smooth sailin’. Also, sad…

PrunkTV – Featuring Lil Wayne

Kevin Rudolf is an adorable young man. The Cash Money Record’s pop-star took me out to lunch, drove me around in his Lambo, introduced me to his model girlfriends, and at around 3 a.m., took me to Cash Money’s studio in North Miami, where he introduced me to Lil Wayne,…

On the List – Election Day Edition

ZOMG, ya’ll! It’s Tuesday, so what the hell is On the List doing up so early in the week? Well, in case you didn’t know, today is Election Day, and whether your candidate of choice wins or loses, there will be plenty of alcohol flowing and music pumping in the…