Choo! Choo! That’s the sound of the No Shave November train, and we’re riding it all month long. Last week, we met a dude who’ll outfit your cerveza bottle with a mini mustache, and today we’re testing your beard and/or mustache knowledge. The above four are no brainers, right? There’s…
Unbelievably dramatic story lines and offscreen scandals keep WWE’s chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon, high on the list of douchiest people on the planet. Former wrestling superstars have accused him of sexual harassment, strong-arming business deals, and not giving a shit about employees. But he has also built a multibillion-dollar…
It’s common knowledge that women always find average-looking dudes inexplicably more attractive when said guy plays an instrument or fronts a band. That’s why many of us bought guitars in the first place. But does the same rule apply for female artists also? We think so. Listen, if it’s okay…
Admittedly, the Miami New Times tech department isn’t all that comfortable text messaging, let alone reporting scientific breakthroughs. We’re as impressed by $15 laptop cooling accessories, as we are by 3-D holograms of Will.i.am. But that’s the beauty of our blog; we learn about technology together…
A typical week at Miami New Times involves long hours of intense typing and photo cropping, web browsing, and transcribing. Needless to say, our three-year-old MacBook Pro undergoes a series of vigorous tests each week, and is often on the verge of internally combusting.As reported on Monday, we bought a…
There’s only one place in Miami to find Games! Food! Show! Nativity! and that’s at Santa’s Enchanted Forest at Tropical Park. The amusement park fun starts at 5 p.m. tonight, and runs through January 2, but we’re not going. A few years ago, four carnies and a security guard escorted…
Imagine Celia Cruz or Bob Marley’s ghost appearing on stage, right in front of you, and performing in all their holographic glory, real as if they were still alive.Sound far-fetched? Media Stage, a South Florida audio, visual, and lighting production service, teamed up with UK-based Musion to bring the first…
It’s No Shave November, y’all, and that means we want to see everyone sporting a stache by Thanksgiving. We’re serious. Throughout the month, we’ll be bringing you the most compelling facial hair coverage possible, from the gnarliest beards on South Beach to the most ironic hipster staches from around the…
It’s our first day at the Miami New Times new offices, and to celebrate, we treated ourselves to a fancy, ergonomic laptop cooling dock from diamond-in-the-rough retailer, Kohl’s, in Hialeah.First, a brief explanation as to why we need said fancy, ergonomic laptop machine.Last week, we noticed that the bottom of…
Check out the full 30-photo Phoenix slideshow.PhoenixWith WavvesWednesday, October 27, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachMiami used to suffer from one of the worst geographical disadvantages in the country. Touring bands on tight budgets often skipped the drive, resulting in only huge, mainstream stadium acts playing our city. But a few years…
Jackass 3D: Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine talk about their new movie
There’s nothing orthodox about Haim Tabakman’s directorial debut, Eyes Wide Open, unless you consider the Jerusalem neighborhood that serves as its backdrop. In the film, the Israeli director tackles the taboo subject of an Orthodox Jewish father’s secret life as a gay man. Aaron, the film’s protagonist, runs a small…
Look, the last time we had a good time at church, our parents were having us baptized. And sure, maybe we went to a Catholic high school, but there was nothing holy about it. There were alcoholics, potheads, sexual deviants — and that was just the faculty — so needless…
Engadget leaked pictures of an alleged PlayStation phone late last evening that has generated more buzz than a PS3 controller vibrates.According to their website, the Sony Ericsson phone will likely run on the Android 3.0 operating system, features a screen anywhere between 3.7 and 4.1 inches, and support microSD cards…
The Sony Walkman’s tape deck once reigned supreme in the consumer electronics market as the quintessential music gadget for people on the move. Its affordability and compact size appealed to a diverse cross-section of consumers, and since its inception in 1979, Sony has sold more than 200 million units around…
A recent “breakthrough” in modern technology and contemporary medicine may be a sign that machines will eventually overtake humans and control the world.A robot at Canada’s McGill University Health Centre recently performed the world’s first all-robotic surgical procedure, a prostatectomy. Real-life doctors controlled the Da Vinci Si robodoc from a…
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosBardot, MiamiWednesday, October 20, 2010 Better Than: A Ford Fiesta, NFL, and summertime True Blood promo featuring 30- to 60-second Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros teaser tracks. A few months ago, an NPR Music intern named Alex Soto had the good fortune of meeting…
If young aristocratic a-holes and vodka tonics sound like just another day at the yacht club, you’re probably familiar with Tucker Max. He’s a frat boy’s wet dream, the Greek-row messiah worshiped by thousands of trust-fund-baby disciples. But Max’s story is interesting, even if it’s predicated on false relationships and…
We recently teamed up with Cleveland Scene for an unconventional clothing drive. Rather than burning beautiful, barely-worn LeBron Cavs jerseys in front of Quicken Loans Arena, we encouraged former LBJ fans to help clothes Miami’s homeless by donating their unwanted NBA gear.As a result, about a hundred down-on-their-luck guys and…
Bardot is celebrating its first birthday tonight with a special show from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.The LA-based hippie ensemble played a sold-out show last night at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, but wasn’t scheduled to perform again until October 23 in Missouri. Late Tuesday evening, however, an online…
Snickers has had some nutty commercials in recent months. There was the Betty White/Abe Vigoda football spot, then the Aretha Franklin road trip bit, and now the creepy Halloween campaign:…
Does the name Wayne Szalinski ring a bell? He was a quirky scientist/inventor from the suburbs simply trying to wow the scientific community when he accidentally shrunk his kids with a state-of-the-art electro-magnetic shrink ray.None of that happened in real life; it was the plot of Honey, I Shrunk the…
