From a $4.99 Mario Batali recipe app that’ll inevitably result in a greasy screen, to the Hipstamatic indie-cam for a $1.99, the iTunes store offers thousands of apps to suit every demographic imaginable. And like a strip mall welcoming a temporary fly-by-night Halloween costume shop, developers tackle the holiday-specific cell phone apps…
We’re convinced Halloween is for adults. Sure, there’s trick-or-treating for kids — and who doesn’t love a newborn in a pumpkin costume? — but the rest of October is for drinking and disguises. Nowhere is that more evident than at Monster Masquerade at Zoo Miami. The second-annual event is part…
A little over a year ago, Frito Lay went green, announcing it would package SunChips in 100 percent compostable bags. But there was a problem. When kids ate — in class, at libraries and in other assorted public places — the sound from hands entering the eco-friendly bags reportedly reached…
We’re an honest bunch at Crossfade and we do not condone illegally downloading music. It’s understood that musicians — like writers — struggle financially, and supporting independent music by purchasing records or attending shows is the ultimate display of artistic camaraderie.Face it: Dropping $0.99 to download a digital track from…
MySpace has always been a safe haven for artists, weirdos, and perverts to promote their personal brands. It was the go-to site for horny teens hoping to find pictures of semi-nude, barely legal co-eds in thongs. But now the site that made self-shot, flip phone profile pictures popular is living…
What do you call a hole-in-the-wall with several cockroaches living harmoniously among rodents? A restaurant closure. Miami health inspectors found more roaches in two restaurants in September than Snoop Dogg keeps in his glove compartment. But only two places were disciplined.Familia Bar & Restaurant, 2818 NW 22nd Ave., Miami; Full…
T-Pain is shooting a music video in the 305 on October 13, and the auto-tune king is looking for “20-30 extras for a club scene,” according to a Craigslist posting.T-Pain’s “Rap Song,” featuring Rick Ross, is a heartfelt track: “Or just put on that N.W.A./Comin’ straight outta Compton on that…
Do your fat fingers ruin every text message you send? Are electromagnetic cell phone radiation waves affecting your memory? If so, you probably shop exclusively at mall kiosks. From goofy hats to stylus-tipped thumb gloves, we compiled a list of useless products meant to enhance the cell phone experience.1. As…
Flickr CC Robert Bejil PhotographyDid making devil horns make the list?For tattoo virgins, popping the ink cherry is like having sex with a chubster. Some experiences are good, and others you try and forget — like that drunken night in Tijuana when you had a donkey tattooed on your ass…
Hecklers are typically drunk jerk-offs trying to impress their buddies or blind dates by stealing a comic’s thunder. Starved for attention, they’re usually more annoying than funny. But every now and again, a heckler such as DeRay Davis generates a few laughs. Before Davis was headlining the Miami Improv and…
Science fiction, thrift store shopping, and high design aren’t typically lumped together in the same sentence, but when Mexican-born, Miami-based visual artist Pepe Mar searches for inspiration, no facet of pop culture is safe from his grasp. “Time Bomb” is Mar’s third solo exhibit at David Castillo Gallery. In it,…
Miami’s equivalent of Ron Burgundy, Rick Sanchez, was fired by CNN over the weekend for talking out of his ass. Once again, the one-time WSVN anchor spoke without giving any real thought to what he was saying. To celebrate the comedic legacy of Rick Sanchez’s journalistic career, we put together…
MTV was once all about music videos. Slowly, however, the Viacom-owned network began chiseling away at the very foundation with shows like Pimp My Ride and Cribs. But the biggest jackasses at MTV weren’t as obnoxious as Xzibit or Mariah Carrey’s New York City Penthouse. They were a group of…
The Office of National Drug policy describes marijuana as a “mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant.” Stems and seeds, man? A more accurate description would’ve been rip-off; hood weed doesn’t equal good weed, silly stoner.In 2009, Gallup surveyed 1,013 American adults, ages 18…
Widespread PanicThursday, September 30, 2010The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Anything else happening on the beach.Whether or not Jackie Gleason would approve of flowerchild revivalists and legitimate long hairs toking up in his parking lot will remain a mystery. Unless, of course, his comedic corpse rises…
Is it too soon for a Greg Giraldo joke? Sure he’s only been dead for a day, and accidental drug overdoses are nothing to laugh about–they’re a real downer– but Giraldo was a comedian, a damn good one. Rather than hanging our head down low and crying about the passing…
Jello pudding spokesperson and longtime funny man Bill Cosby used to host a CBS show called Kids Say the Darndest Things. He’d ask children random questions and hope for “cute” answers in return.Short Order staffer were recently on assignment (eating) and overheard a kid say darndest thing.Lady: What’s your favorite…
Sugar sells, especially in our pleasantly plump society. That’s why The Corn Refiners Association is asking the Food and Drug Administration to start calling high-fructose corn syrup “corn sugar.”Their motivation is two fold: 1) Scientific research linking obesity and corn syrup have been inconclusive, and 2) Health conscious consumers won’t…
Whether you first spied the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, stumbled upon your parents’ copy of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, or just play a lot of Guitar Hero, you can grasp the greatness that is John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Decades later, these four British…
View photos of Shakira at American Airlines Arena here.Shakira American Airlines Arena Monday, September 27, 2009 Better Than: Driving to Palm Beach for a show, or Palm Beach in general. I’d be lying if I told you I’m familiar with the Shakira brand. Sure, I had heard some of her…
Any movie that tackles pedophilia, depression, and suicide will stir up a little controversy. In 1998, independent filmmaker Todd Solondz drew some negative reactions with Happiness, a dark satire about the miserable lives of an upper-middle class New Jersey family. Sundance rejected the film, and the MPAA gave it an…
In 2009, a group of South Florida friends embarked on a philosophical journey to change society’s perception of clock-time and created a watch company based on four principles: perception, interconnectedness, illusions, and universal alignment. Long story short, these enterprising hippies wanted to remind people to live in the present. With…
