Ryan the Wheelbarrow makes a T-shirt into art Lucy Orozco DIY:MIA, a non-profit organization driven by creative expression, held an art show on Saturday at the Miami International University of Art and Design. It’s interesting to note however, that the University itself does charge over $40,000 for it’s students to…
DJ Slip 187 Lucy Orozco Masters of Mayhem Thunderbird Beach Resort August 11, 2007 Better Than: Getting locked inside a tanning booth and blistering up to the sound of “Diamond Girl,” on your brand new iPod headphones. The review: The usual darkness and crowding of nightclubs can only do Miami…
The Oracle Jamie Puntumkhul I’ll admit it, I watch Oprah. And although it’s nothing more than an hour long commercial, I especially like her “Favorite Things” shows in which unsuspecting audience members shift from mild to manic when surprised with super-swag like free Pontiac sport sedans. Being legally blind, however,…
Gilberto Santa Rosa Hard Rock Live August 9, 2007 A stunning – and obviously health conscious – woman sensually swayed her hips and caressed her long black hair from the second level railing for most of Gilberto Santa Rosa’s performance last night at the Hard Rock Live. Despite going relatively…
Rick Ross Alexandra Quinones Rick Ross Charities, Inc. teamed up with Magic Johnson Burger King restaurants to kick off the 1st Annual “Rick Ross Be Out Day” Wednesday, at Miami Carol City Senior High. The concert was free, but it was incredibly hot. Luckily, Slip N Slide Records invited Miami…
Tovin Lapan “There’s a lawsuit here,” groused a toothless gentleman wandering up N.W. 2nd Court as tan smoke billowed through the alleys between the neighborhood’s small pastel houses. He took a drink from a tall can of beer and gestured towards the burning asbestos warehouse to the west. “This shit…
These photos were taken on 36th Street and N. Miami Avenue, in what they are now calling “Mid-Town Miami”. The building is abandoned, except for the people that sleep inside of it. — Jason Handelsman…
Perhaps you’ve read recent announcements concerning Paula Deen’s Poker Party, Emeril’s Sugar Shack Dessert Party, and other attractions that have been scheduled for this season’s Southern Wine and Spirits and FIU’s 2008 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. New Times has uncovered some other, as yet unconfirmed events…
Perhaps you’ve read recent announcements concerning Paula Deen’s Poker Party, Emeril’s Sugar Shack Dessert Party, and other attractions that have been scheduled for this season’s Southern Wine and Spirits and FIU’s 2008 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. New Times has uncovered some other, as yet unconfirmed events…
Combichrist Studio A August 3, 2007 Better Than: A double dose of spankings The Review: An assortment of mesh, vinyl and exposed genitalia gathered around Studio A on Friday night to await the coming of Combichrist, as well as to celebrate various kinds of alternative sexual fixations. The party was…
A few weeks ago, after much speculation, Alonzo Mourning announced that he would return to the court for one last season with the Heat. “I want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,” Mourning said. “That…
2006 Miami team Flicker-Show Films works on their film “Crazy Love” If you were on South Beach last weekend you might have seen a frenzied film crew sprinting between locations with two days worth of stubble and a crazed, caffeine-flooded stare in their eyes. What you witnessed, disguised in wrinkled…
Stuck on the Palmetto took a real estate article in this morning’s Herald as an opportunity to call out stupid home buyers who signed adjustable rate mortgages without fully understanding the consequences: Call me heartless, but I feel the same type of sympathy for these people as I do Spirit…
Miami Vision Blogarama posted an item this morning in support of using prisoners to fill jobs that would be vacated if illegal immigrants were deported en masse: Yes, we know these are not revolutionary ideas and that it’s been done before (and suspect it disappeared over time because of political…
Better Than: Paying $50 for popcorn and milk duds only to sit through an hour and 45 minutes of Lindsay Lohan’s greatest adventures. The Review: Electroma, the new film written by the Daft Punk wonder couple, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, was first seen by the eyes of a…
Sandra Bernhard Photo by Lydia Marcus An Evening With Sandra Bernhard The Colony Theater July 27, 2007 Better Than: A drag show Sandra Bernhard can channel Mick Jagger better than any chick rocker. Last night, in her show at the Colony Theater, the 5-foot, 10-inch comedian showed off her legs…
Lately I’ve been checking out every 7-11 I’ve stumbled upon. Not because they have unbelievable gas prices or that I’m hopelessly addicted to scratch-off cards and day-old (Mmm) doughnuts, but because I’m on a quest. Not the most noble of quests, but a quest nonetheless. A few months back I…
It’s a little past midnight inside the ballroom of a Sunny Isles Beach hotel, as the thinned out crowd seems oblivious to the salsa blaring from the speakers. Nothing the resident DJ standing atop the stage puts on the turntable during a one-hour span did little to arouse the gathering…
Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Marilyn Manson and Slayer Sound Advice Amphitheatre July 23, 2007 Better Than: A sacrifice Marilyn Manson and Slayer kicked off their “Reign in the Sun” tour at the South Florida Fairgrounds last night. Junior High age Goths in their black Marilyn Manson outfits sweat profusely as…
The first time I ever went to Colombia, I arrived in Bogota close to midnight. Starving, my friend and I ventured a few blocks away from our hotel in the unfamiliar city and quickly found a corner hot dog stand. Before we had time to object, the hot dog man…
Whoah, Cowboy Curtis! I think the secret word for today is nipples. Much like the pronunciation of the letter “L” in salmon, there’s something about a Stetson in Miami that just seems…wrong. First off, where are the cows? Sure, there were some pastures off of the Turnpike back in the…
The Web site bigchampagne.com publishes a list of the top downloaded tracks in America. The cool thing about this list is that, unlike iTunes, it takes into account illegal downlaods. Here are the top ten downloaded songs from July 17 to July 24, 2007: Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry…
