I am absolutely dreading the arrival of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Can’t even enjoy the summer. It might sound like insanity, given that the fourth installment in the Guitar Hero franchise could end up being the most successful game of 2008. It won’t even hit store shelves till late October,…
In recent days, Universal has been running a TV spot for The Incredible Hulk that gives away what should come as no surprise to any fanboy worth his action figure collection: the appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as, natch, Tony Stark. From the delighted, deafening squeals of at least one…
By all means, gather up the little ones and take them to this perfectly pleasant, very good-looking, modestly funny, dispiritingly unoriginal variant on the nerd-with-a-dream recipe that’s been clobbered to death in animated films for at least a decade. Hectic as ever, Jack Black voices Po, a potbellied panda who’s…
Interrogating Systems Amilcar Packer sits naked on a wooden chair in a dimly lit space. At first glance, it appears the artist is waiting to be interrogated by someone off-screen. Video #15 features two simultaneous, symmetrically opposed video recordings that collar viewers from both ends of the room. A rumbling…
Miami FC Blues sit in eighth place in the United Soccer League standings. They’re 10 points behind first-place Vancouver, but only four points behind sixth-place Carolina. This means sixth place is within reach. And that sure as shit beats being in eighth place. Hey, glass half full and all that…
The sight of an empty Big Mac box here and a condom wrapper there might be acceptable in your bedroom after a night on the town, but multiply those two by a few hundred and you have a snapshot of the debris littering our once-immaculate beaches. And if you think…
Some people would have you believe the Brits are all bad teeth, rainy days, and drugged-out rockers à la Winehouse and Doherty. But we can be honest: A cold, frothy Guinness and a few ditties from the Spice Girls can put a smile on our face any day. Take it…
You grew up on the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Dead. Your kids are growing up on Fall Out Boy, Slipknot, Linkin Park, and Seether. And in the back of your mind, you’re probably thinking, Dude, rock music ain’t what it used to be. You’re right — in…
“I can’t solve the world’s problems. I paint the world’s problems,” Purvis Young has observed in the past. His work brims with stark symbols conveying the economic and cultural divides in the Magic City and beyond. They typically depict images of horses, pregnant women, convoys of trucks, airplanes and angels,…
If you thought the Saturday-afternoon drag show at The Palace was gay, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The Miami Gay Men’s Chorus takes to the stage with its latest production, By the Sword: a Salute to the Armed Forces, and it doesn’t get any gayer than this. By the Sword…
It doesn’t take much to make your pops happy. All the poor guy wants is to kick back on the couch with a cold brewski and a hot sports event on the tube — or for you to move out of your old bedroom and get a job. So maybe…
You might feel like a bull in a china shop while visiting the stunning new exhibit of glass sculptures at the Lowe Art Museum. Local collectors and University of Miami alumni Myrna and Sheldon Palley have donated their $3.5 million glass collection, amassed during 30 years, to the museum. The…
That huge hole in the ozone layer has everyone talking about which color to go, but you’ve been going green forever. You caress the flora, lovingly separating it from its stem and placing it somewhere that will allow it to breathe. Once it’s there, you inhale deeply, hold it, enjoy…
If you’re riding/walking/biking along Biscayne Boulevard any given Wednesday night, your Spidey sense might detect the faint cries of a mangled cat. Hold up now, superhero — that’s just Karaoke Idol at Moonchine Asian Bistro (7100 Biscayne Blvd., Miami). People suck down sake mojitos and attempt to mimic Celine Dion…
When you remember Celia Cruz — La Guarachera de Cuba, arguably the most influential woman in Latin music history — you can almost immediately picture her. The bright hair, dynamic fashion, and broad, infectious grin made her look distinctive, to say the least. Her career was long and notable. From…
Segafredo Café serves up a heaping espresso spoonful of European culture in the midst of the Magic City. On a sunny afternoon, you can sip a macchiato surrounded by pouty pseudo-European women in behemoth sunglasses, or sample the copious wine list alongside Italian men in tight pants. After the sun…
Biscayne Bay, according to Capt. Dave Sutton, is “one of the most pristine pieces of water that happens to be alongside three and a half million people.” And it’s home to the elusive bonefish, which Sutton describes as “a supreme challenge to a real fisherman — they erupt and go…
Though now 55 years old, Gus Van Sant continues to tell stories about the passing of youth. From his first feature, Mala Noche, to network television’s favorite rerun, Good Will Hunting, to the disturbing Columbine fictionalization Elephant, Van Sant consistently sets his films inside the moment when children are forced…
Rambling, circuitous, twisty, and random. Eddie Izzard’s damn-near-inimitable style of comedy has been called all of this and more. He’s known for donning fabulous makeup and cross-dressing. Also, he has famously admitted he gets paid a pretty penny “for talking total bollocks.” But in the midst of all of that…
The energy of Miami Beach’s nightlife, exotic culture, and abundance of adult playgrounds (ahem, the sand) has led some people to dub our little island the gay Riviera. Well, this weekend everyone will call it that, because in addition to all of the usual accouterments, South Beach will be flooded…
Heading out at night requires too much stuff, even for guys. You need the clunky smart phone to pretend to text someone when you’re bored, the digital camera to capture the best moments, the hand sanitizer for the germs, the keys, the comb, the drink tickets, the breath mints, the…
Elvis Ramirez The blistering heat and suffocating humidity didn’t stifle the 32nd Annual Miami/Bahamas Goombay festival, but it sure did keep some people at home. Bob Marley and The Wailers blasted through the speakers and could be heard from several blocks away. Yeah I know what you are thinking, “Bob…
