Holiday music, ugh. There’s nothing festive about reindeer trampling grandmothers, little drummer boys, or catching your mother making out with Santa. In fact, it sucks. But for some reason, it’s the type of shit music big-box retailers, Top 40 radio stations, and high-rise elevators pump through their speakers to get…
This year we’re turning our backs on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and dropping two beans at the Fontainebleau for Tiësto’s goodbye 2010 fiesta. The electro Dutch master is ringing in the New Year with a three-hour poolside set at the historic resort. And for just $25,000, you and…
There’s nothing sweeter than the aroma of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, right? And by that we mean our favorite seasonal strand of marijuana, chestnut. That’s what Mr. X, our weed connect, calls it, “’cause it puts you in the 420-friendly holiday spirit, yo.” True that, and because Cultist…
When Cultist schedules an interview with critically acclaimed celebrities, we do our best in terms of punctuality. On the other hand, celebrities are notoriously late and rarely apologize for the inconvenience. That’s not the case with actor Manola Cardona, though, he’s a mensch. And in our eyes, he just might…
Shortly after moving into our swanky new offices at 4500 Biscayne, Crossfade saw the potential for a concert series. The premise was simple: Musicians come into our editorial suite and perform on a plush white couch overlooking the Ivax building’s parking garage. We film the performance, post the vid on…
Noche Buena is next week, and we’re in a bit of a jam. Our date’s an atheist and doesn’t eat meat. She’s worried the pre-meal prayer, and the stench of roast pork escaping La Caja China and clinging to her peacoat will make her feel like an outsider. Still, she insists…
In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys. 57. Karla Garcia If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Karla Garcia’s contribution to Miami’s…
To avoid the crowds at Best Buy and Target, we’re doing our Christmas shopping online. But damn, nearly every person on our Christmas list this year is Jewish, including our date for Noche Buena. But that sort of irony keeps us relevant among our hipster peers, and Googling quirky gifts…
The Miami music scene is diverse, tight-knit, and incredibly compassionate. Last year, bands from South Florida answered Shawn Snyder’s call to action and raised more than $5,000 at the first Skinny Dip, a concert held at Kitchen 305 to benefit melanoma research and awareness. He’s hoping to do it again…
When it comes to comedy, some people like watching outrageously dangerous stunts and painfully embarrassing pranks while others enjoy a more traditional stand-up approach. When outlandish behavior and hour-long sets blend together on stage, everyone’s a winner. Steve-O began experimenting with stand-up about four years ago. But after spending two…
Wesley Snipes can learn a lot from Martha Stewart. He starts a three-year prison sentence tomorrow in Pennsylvania for tax-related infractions. But rather than accepting his punishment like a man, he bitched to Larry King last night on CNN about how “upset and disappointed that the system seems to not…
Questlove with M1BardotSunday, December 6Better than: Anything starring Jimmy Fallon.Our tolerance level for pretentious Brooklyn scenesters and celebrity star fuckers reached its boiling point Sunday night. And we’re done covering DJ sets. At least this reporter is. The Questlove set at Bardot had been hyped all week. It was the last…
The beauty of Art Basel week is the spontaneity of it. One minute you can be having tempura eggplant before a special indie-pop DJ set at Bardot, then all of a sudden you’re in a Haitian man’s cab listening to Creole talk-radio en route to the Fontainebleau. At least that’s…
The Independent Florida Alligator is reporting that researchers at the University of Florida have found a link between mercury consumption and homosexual behavior among white ibises.Seven years ago, Peter Frederick, a UF professor of ecology and conservation, hypothesized that increased mercury consumption would decrease reproduction among birds. Naturally, he and…
The Miami music scene is diverse, tight-knit, and incredibly compassionate. Last year, bands from around South Florida answered Shawn Snyder’s call to action and helped raise over $5,000 at the fist ever Skinny Dip, a concert benefiting Melanoma research and awareness at Kitchen 305. He’s hoping to do it all…
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A cheap lead for this story might’ve included a Beatles song reference or the name John Lennon. But that’d be unfair to Julian Lennon, the remarkable photographer behind “Timeless,” a collection of 30 hand-signed portraiture and landscape photographs edited by the artist himself. Lennon recently debuted his critically acclaimed work…
Add Jennifer Lopez’s crotch to the list of things we’re hoping to see in our holiday stocking this year. J-Lo is reportedly trying to stop her ex-husband, Ojai Noa, and his agent, Ed Meyer, from releasing and marketing sexy videos made during the couple’s short-lived marriage, according to Radar Online.In…
A cheap lead for this story might’ve included a Beatles song reference or the name John Lennon. But that’d be unfair to Julian Lennon, the remarkable photographer behind “Timeless,” a collection of 30 hand-signed portraiture and landscape photographs edited by the artist himself. Last night, Lennon debuted his critically acclaimed…
You’d never guess it by the numbers retail stores pulled in over the busiest shopping weekend of the year, but the National unemployment rate is 9.6 percent. And by month’s end, close to 2 million will have lost their extended unemployment benefits, according MSNBC.com. In Florida, 100,000 residents are expected to…
Art Basel is here! We’re guessing there’s likely thousands of Miamians out there that don’t know what the freak that means. You’re probably thinking that unless you’re dropping serious coin on a piece of contemporary art or rubbing elbows with Steve Martin at the W Hotel, Art Basel is just…
The indie music scene is one big mess of subgenres. Artists draw inspiration from multiple sources — other musicians, literary works, and everything else around them — to create aural worlds of their own. And that’s exactly the case with LA-based avant-pop act Aska. The classically trained pianist is a…
