Randy Egues is a Miami-based competitive mountain biker operating at the highest amateur level with almost four years of experience. He’s sponsored by South Miami’s Mac Cycle and Fitness, a member of the ID Angel McCarty Racing team, and often leads rides throughout the city at all levels. Suffice to…
“Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader.” Right there. We don’t have to say anything else. You’re already singing the rest of that song on your own, aren’t you? How could you not? Reggae artist Omi’s “Cheerleader” was one of the most ubiquitous songs of 2015. It reached…
For centuries, mankind has attempted to tame nature with a heavy hand. Floridian developers have drained huge swathes of Everglades swampland, building so-called “McMansions” behind useless gates and endless arrays of one-story shopping centers where iguanas and alligators once reigned. And yet, that very development pollutes the water and air,…
The world recently lost an icon, and while millions of music fans grieved in their own way, one man is sure he was the biggest fan of them all. That would be DJ Premier. “I understood where he was coming from,” the legendary hip-hop DJ and producer says. “My mom…
In 2014, Miami-Dade County made an estimated $23.8 billion in tourist money. That’s an almost astronomical figure. It’s 317,333 times more than Justin Bieber blew at King of Diamonds that same year. It’s enough to rent a room at the Versace mansion every day for the rest of your life…
Hold on to your party hats. Peachfuzz is moving one more time. Miami’s beloved monthly Friday-night party is riding high on three successful rounds of wild functions at the Thompson Hotel. Guests have included your girl, Rae Sremmerd, Robb BankS, and other hip-hop notables, which usually means things are going…
What gives, Miami? We are well into April, and yet there’s a chill in the wind. What’s it going to take to start heating things up? How about a poolside performance from Flo Rida? Maybe a little bit of Kygo live at the Fontainebleau Hotel? Yeah, that would do it…
How high are you? It’s April 20, the international stoner holiday, and we’re hoping you replied simply, “Wait…what?” We hope you’ve been blazing since the sun rose, and we hope you’re going to stay high until you inevitably pass out. But if you thought your 4/20 couldn’t get any better,…
People joke that the South Beach diet consists of cocaine, cigarettes, and a bit of somebody else’s ceviche, but that’s just mean. Model wanna-be’s actually drink a lot of cold-press. “They party all night, and they compensate by spending $30 on a juice,” jokes Carolina Villalba, an honest-to-goodness health fanatic…
Childhood nicknames are rarely sophisticated. John Benitez knows this all too well. When he was a kid, his sister started calling him jellybean, on account of his initials and that old saying “know what I mean, jellybean?” “When I grew up in the Bronx, everyone had nicknames, because everyone was…
If you’re a hip-hop head in South Florida, you know Felisha Monet. She’s holdin’ you down on your drive at 5, delivering the hits you want to hear on 99.1 FM. She hooks you up with free tickets and requests, and she always has the right song to get you…
In 1997, a young drag queen walked into a Versace Memorial Day weekend party at the legendary South Beach Warsaw club. The general manager spotted her, asked who she was, and hired her on the spot. Today that drag queen, known as the fabulous Elaine Lancaster, has been honored with…
Miami’s comedy-loving heart skipped a beat yesterday when the post went out on Instagram yesterday: Gramps had uploaded a hand-written note announcing that Hannibal Burress would have a secret show that night at the Wynwood bar. The Broad City and Eric Andre Show comedian is one famously funny motherfucker, and at…
It’s 5:43 p.m. inside Mac’s Club Deuce, and the lurid pink neon on the walls glows through the cigarette haze. College kids in tank tops play a game of pick-up pool with a Colombian man who speaks broken English while the Staple Sisters wail from the jukebox, promising to take…
Hey dude. It’s your girl. You know me. I just want to dance, and, when one wants to dance, one can do no better than ’90s to ’00s era hip-hop. That’s why I’ve come to love Peachfuzz so much, the weekly-turned-monthly Friday night function that brings people of all tastes,…
There is perhaps no better people-watching spot than outside the main gates of Ultra Music Festival. Trust us. The fashion, the megaphone-wielding Jesus-preachers — this more entertaining than any Oscar-winning film in the last decade. For the 18th annual Ultra Music Festival, we once again hit the streets with New…
Well, it’s over. In the end, Ultra 2016 saw little rain, great performances, and — save for the Prodigy’s last-minute cancellation — minimal hiccups. At 18 years of age, Ultra has matured into a well-oiled festival, running smoothly from the Porta Potty to the Main Stage. Yesterday, the third and…
This year, Miami’s Ultra Music Festival turns 18-years-old. Which means, under Ultra’s new age restrictions, it can finally attend itself (while smoking a cigarette). And the festival’s maturity is starting to show. Day one of Ultra was largely a smooth success. Even Mother Nature cooperated (which didn’t happen during last…
Four years ago, Patrick Topping was just another dude from England wandering the South Beach strip, hopping from party to party, getting his mind totally blown by Miami Music Week, Winter Music Conference, and the hundreds of satellite parties around the city. This year, he’s back to play Ultra Music…
Matriphagy; noun: A condition in which the young cannibalize their creator to survive. It’s a practice common among crab spiders, whose mothers sacrifice themselves to trigger the predatory instinct. The younger generation doesn’t kill in bad blood. Overwhelming, the parent is necessary for growth, the only way to fulfill the…
Most dance fans would kill to travel the world and attend all the dance music festivals this earth has to offer, but for Geronimo, the head of EDM Programming at SiriusXM Radio, it’s just another day at the office. As the program director for SiriusXM dance channels, he handles all…
Have you been outside lately? The sky is clear and blue, the breeze is blowing, and the sun is shining warm. The water is glistening Bahamian blue, and the palm trees are swaying. It is that wondrous time of year — in late winter, just before spring — that reminds…
