Mike Broder’s Florida Supercon Brings Nerd Heaven to Miami

Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben told him: “With great power comes great responsibility.” Mike Broder, the founder and head honcho of the area’s largest comic convention, Florida Supercon, can relate. “I’m not always responsible,” he says. “I try, but I’m flawed.” For “Supercon Mike” Broder, the fantastical world of comics, sci-fi, and…

YesJulz’s Socially Conscious Party Culture Wins Over Miami

The first party Julieanna Goddard ever threw was broken up by a full-on police assault force. She was still a Tampa high-schooler at the time. “We had like 200 kids upstairs, and I’m telling them: ‘All right, everybody, shut up. The cops are downstairs,’?” the 25-year-old social engineer remembers. “A…

A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Helps Rec Room Celebrate Three Years

It’s been a classic three years for the Gale Hotel’s LDV Hospitality Group: three years of rockin’ beats at Rec Room, three years of clinking glassware at the Regent Cocktail Club, and three years of delicious tartufo and thin-crust pizza at Dolce Italian. “Longevity in this town is sometimes hard…

Patti Smith Read from M Train to Open the 32nd Miami Book Fair

Who loves coffee, writes lyrical poems about feeding cats, and kicked off the 32nd Miami Book Fair with a tremendous bang? Why, that could be none-other than National Book Award winner and living rock music icon, Patti Smith. The 68-year-old celebrates the 40-year anniversary of her seminal album Horses and…

Video: How Vanilla Ice Learned to Love Life Again by Flipping Houses

Somewhere in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Lake Worth, sledgehammering his way through dusty concrete, a pop culture icon recognized the world over struggles with his friends to meet a renovation deadline. “I did ‘Ice Ice Baby’ when I was 16 years old,” the rapper-turned-reality star renovator says. “If you would…

Video: III Points Proved Local Music Is Alive and Well in Miami

Another III Points has come and gone, and I’m still trying to find my lost innocence voice. The Wynwood-based music, art, and technology fest was bigger, bolder, and had Miami going harder than ever before. It’s going to take more than ten hours of sleep to shake this social hangover,…

III Points 2015 Day Two: Run the Jewels, Toro y Moi, and More

With names like Run the Jewels, Toro Y Moi, AlunaGeorge, Ghostface Killah and Doom, the second day of III Points was stacked. There was something to listen to in every direction you faced, and good music was never more than thirty yards away. The crowd was big and eager on…

III Points 2015 Day One: Warpaint, Nicolas Jaar, and More

On Friday, October 9, as the skies above Wynwood opened up and bled down upon the colorful neighborhood, we feared the worst. So much anticipation and preparation was being threatened by a few bloated clouds. But, as the clock struck 5, the sun emerged, all hot and glorious. God loves…

XYZA .wav1 compilation Marks Collective’s Venture Into Label Territory

What? XYZA is evolving? The admired collective solidified about a year and a half ago as a gathering of minds and resources between Miami-based solo electronic artists. The motto was “DIY together.” The aim was to share knowledge, tricks of the trade, connections, and ultimately, to help each other gain…

Earl Sweatshirt Dropped Five “New Slappers” During His Miami Show

Earl Sweatshirt With NX Worries, Remy Banks, and more Grand Central Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Better than: Jumping on stage and being told to “actually not.” For someone who doesn’t like shit or going outside, Earl Sweatshirt sure knows how to put on a fucking show. His latest LP, actually…