Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Some gals turn up their noses at knockoffs, but for the rest of us cheapos who can’t afford to fork over lots of dough to look good, we welcome them with open arms. Gracias to Forever 21 for…
Read the first part of Crossfade’s interview with Maná drummer Alex González about Drama y Luz, politics, and Latino pride. Last week, Crossfade spoke with Maná drummer Alex about turning personal tragedy into art, Latin-on-Latin discrimination, and his band’s support for the Dream Act. Today, the conversation continues with González…
A jackass’s recent death has once again reminded us why drinking and driving is one giant death-causing no-no. With people’s eyes glued to their cell phones and far away from the road, “Don’t text and drive” has also become a nationwide PSA. But in this day and age when everyone…
When we set out to put this list together, we thought Great, we’re going to have a wide variety of songs! That dream was shattered when we quickly realized white people don’t know shit about bone jams. If the number of Wayans children is any indication, black people know what’s…
The morning after some serious partying, you wake up totally confused because your lips are pasted shut and you’ve literally been dreaming about the sweat on a glass of cold water. Yours eardrums are KO-ed from last night’s bass, and it sounds like your guitar tuner got stuck on E…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.The one thing every Miami girl hates hitting the mall for is swimsuit shopping. Ay dios mio, we’ve been avoiding it ourselves and resorting to slathering on self-tanning cream. But we boogied over to Mermaids boutique in South…
See the full 18-photo slideshow of The Blow at the Florida Room. The Blow With Melissa Dyne The Florida Room Saturday, July 2, 2011 Better Than: Red Hot Chili Peppers from the in-house DJ. Upon entering the Delano Hotel’s Florida Room, the divide between the indie-loving hipsters and the members…
You’ve probably heard Dirty South’s remix of Diddy and Skylar Grey’s “Coming Home” being dropped by one of the ever-rotating superstar DJs on the Beach. Or maybe you’ve heard it straight from the man himself, as he frequently makes the rounds of Miami. Either way, the Australian DJ-producer is back…
No Latin band has tugged as many heartstrings, quite as hard as the Mexican rock band Maná. In a 20-year reign, the Grammy Award-winning group has traveled all over the world, flooding arenas and selling out shows from Guadalajara to Berlin. Currently kicking off its latest international tour, Maná will…
Before you start anything in life, you will more than likely hear the phrase, “There have been many that have come before you.” And we have to wonder if that’s how NBC’s The Voice felt coming onto the TV scene. There have been many singing competition shows. And some have…
Playing an emotionally asphyxiated illustrator whose cancer-stricken dad comes out of the closet at age 75, Ewan McGregor looks positively yummy in this gay-is-OK dramedy from the distributor that brought us The Kids Are All Right. In fact, Beginners, a semi-autobiographical movie by SoCal skater-boy-turned-graphic-designer-and-filmmaker Mike Mills, has no shortage…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Wearing feathers in one’s hair might be something hippies or Native Americans did years ago. But, these days, feather extensions are the “it” accessory to don in one’s locks. Hollywood A-listers like Selena Gomez, Tori Spelling and Steven…
The 154 minutes of Transformers: Dark of the Moon are loaded with unimaginable violence, but only one spasm left the audience at the theater where we watched it speechless. They cheered the robot slugfests, and the destruction of Chicago received a good number of OH SHITs. But when Megatron walked…
Do you need an escape from Miami but don’t want to travel far? Drive down to John Pennekamp in Key Largo and snorkel out to Jesus. That’s right, we said Jesus! The 10-foot statue of Jesus was made by Italian artist/professor Guido Galletti. But before you dive in, here are…
Over the past decade, MTV has attempted to murder the art of the music video by giving reality shows incessant airtime and even removing the phrase Music Television from the network logo. But bands and solo acts are still constantly churning out quality videos. From simple performance pieces to narrative…
Catch phrases are awesome. Just imagine life without that burger-loving old lady’s “Where’s the beef?” or Tom Cruise’s “Show me the money!” You drop those quotes anywhere in the world and there’s a good chance people will get the reference. But here’s our personal favorite: “What? Okay!” Yep, we’re talking…
Miami artists Pioneer Winter and Jared Sharon’s upcoming performance contains partial nudity — but which part? To find out you have to visit the Bass Museum of Art for 42: A Stonewall Prospective tomorrow. Winter and Sharon looked to the historical Stonewall riots as a focus for 42. “We’ll be…
The “How badly will Langerado fuck up this time?” saga continued earlier this week when the much-maligned festival sent out a mass email to fans asking for band suggestions. “Help us round out the lineup and show off the sonic sweetness coming out of South Florida,” the email begged. Help…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan and our creepy next door neighbor who we are convinced is a bruja all have something in common these days when it comes to the world of fashion: baubles featuring evil eyes. Yeah, we…
It’s been 235 years since the Founding Fathers won us our freedom from all those evil, red-clad limeys. The war is so over. And yet Brit club-killer Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) seems to be plotting a counterattack for this Fourth of July. Admittedly, Crossfade is frazzled. And you should…
Boregore With Caligula, Juan Basshead, and MC Jumanji Fillmore Miami Beach June 17, 2011 Better Than: My high school graduation, which just happened to be at the same place. A full moon brings out the untamed and feral-minded, and the kids were ruthless last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach,…
Good luck finding Miami-based belly dancer Tamalyn Dallal standing still. The performer, teacher, and choreographer also writes books, produces CDs, and now directs films. Catch her latest creation, Zanzibar Dance, Trance, and Devotion, at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Thursday, with a Q&A session with Dallal following the documentary screening.Zanzibar…
