Marlins and Javier Vazquez Agree to Deal

​The Florida Marlins and veteran right-handed pitching legend Javier Vazquez have agreed to a one-year deal worth about $7 million, according to Bleacher Report and many others. But is a former pitching threat-turned-New York Yankees bench warmer enough for the Marlins to win the pennant? Or even a few more…

Amanda Blank and Sweatheart Bring the Miami Meat Tour to Art Basel

Electro-alternative pop beats and female rap vocals aren’t normally lumped together. But for the better part of five years, Philadelphia’s Amanda Blank has effortlessly combined the two worlds in her hipster-approved dance music. In 2006, the 20-something party girl was featured on Spank Rock’s “Bump,” and generated indie-alt blog buzz…

Who’s Baba Booey?

or more than 20 years, the phrase Baba Booey has been a battle cry for fans of the Howard Stern Show. It originated in the summer of 1990 when Gary Dell’Abate, Stern’s longtime show producer and friend, mispronounced a cartoon character’s name. In his new book, They Call Me Baba…

Re-Kindle Your Love Affair with Black Friday via Amazon

​Black Friday is a vicious “holiday.” It’s a wretched display of hyper-consumerism, and anyone–who isn’t homeless–that spends the night outside of a big-box retailer deserves to choke on a wishbone. Saving a few bucks on a 42-inch LCD television is rad, but not if you risk giving passers a migraine…

From Howard Stern to Family Guy: Best Baba Booey Moments in TV History

On July 26, 1990, Howard Stern called his show producer, Gary Dell’Abate, into the studio, to discuss animation art collecting. Dell’Abate was interested in the growing 90s fad and contemplated buying a Hanna-Barbera piece–either Quick Draw McGraw or his Mexican donkey pal, Baba Looey. However, Dell’Abate didn’t say Baba Looey on…

Michelle Obama Visits Riverside Elementary — Hide the Cuban Food!

First Lady Michelle Obama is in Miami today, and she wants to educate young children on the importance of a healthy diet.Students at Little Havana’s Riverside Elementary will welcome Mrs. Obama and local area chefs at 2 p.m. to discuss what schools are doing to improve cafeteria lunch options.The school…

WWE Survivor Series: Awkward Fans and Predetermined Losers

Miami Book Fair or WWE Survivor Series? Intellectually stimulating discussions or cheap recurring story lines? That was the dilemma we faced last night, but ultimately chose wrestling as a sort of sociological experiment. And watching grown men pretend-beat the shit out of one another proved quite telling about the current state…

Sun Life Stadium & The Miami Dolphins: An NFL Distraction

​When Darius Rucker sang the line, “I’m such a baby ’cause the Dolphins make me cry,” on Hootie & the Blowfish’s 1995 breakthrough song, “Only Wanna Be With You,” he may have been referring to the team’s 1994 heartbreaker against the Chargers. Then-kicker Pete Stoyanovich missed a 46-yard field goal…

Last Night: Juliette Lewis and Joe Perry Rocked Miami Dolphins Tailgate

Juliette LewisSpecial Guest Joe PerrySun Life Stadium, Miami Dolphins TailgateThursday, November 18, 2010Better Than: The DolphinsLast night, the Miami Dolphins lost–the Bears shut them out, actually. And believe it or not, Crossfade was at the game. However, nothing about the NFL’s Thursday night marketing scheme felt like football. We mingled…

It’s National Unfriend Day: Clean-up Your Facebook News Feed

Fess up: Are you a Facebook friend hoarder? Or do you really know 900 people? Our hunch is that you just feel guilty about declining anyone’s friend request or removing BFFs from middle school. They’re not really your friends. At best, they’re acquaintances. It’s time to nix them from your…

Thanksgiving? No Thanks for Cody, George W. and J Lo

Thanksgiving: a glutton’s favorite holiday and a vegetarian’s worst nightmare. Love it or hate it, we’re a week away from miserable flight delays, Salvation Army Santas, and arguing about politics with distant family relatives at the dinner table; we love the Holidays. And this year, we’ve got plenty to be…

Jay-Z in Miami Tonight (via Satelite) to Discuss “Decoded”

The Miami Music Festival (yawn) came to a close on Sunday, as the Miami International Book Fair kicked off its week-long series of literary events with George W. Bush (read about it). But tonight via satellite from the New York Public Library, however, Jay-Z and Dr. Cornel West are scheduled…

Happy Recycle Day 2010

​We bet a five-cent aluminum can refund that you didn’t know it was national Recycling Day. Sure, this green-friendly holiday isn’t as popular as other made-up ones like Valentine’s Day or Halloween, and Google isn’t commemorating the day with a doodle, but “recycles” is trending on Twitter.Keep America Beautiful is…

Vivian Girls at Gemma: $10 Beers, Priceless Performance

See the full 22-photo Vivian Girls slideshow. Vivian Girls Miami Music Festival: Tom Tom Magazine Showcase Gemma on Lincoln Road Saturday, November 13, 2010 Better Than: Swindling the doorman of a traditionally pretentious South Beach nightclub into letting you forego a cover, and walk into the joint wearing shorts…

Bumpy Times: Sexy Disney Stars Who (Allegedly) Ride the White Horse

Mickey Mouse is one shady rat. We think he’s running a cocaine operation under our bleeding noses and using hot Disney employees–both current and former–to run around Hollywood and make booger sugar look cool. OK, so maybe Mickey’s not responsible, but nevertheless, we found three skinny broads with an affinity for…

Ricky Martin’s Book is $26, But Our Recap Is Free

When Ricky Martin announced he was gay earlier this year, two things happened: (1) we cashed in on a $50 bet we made in 1999, and (2) any rumors that Ricky Martin — who’d been out of the public eye for quite some time — had died, were laid to…