Days before he is set to appear at the Winter Music Conference, Paul Oakenfold answers the telephone in Amsterdam with a cheery and Seinfeldesque “Helloooo!” These days the famous knob-twiddler, who has been producing music and remixing tracks for the better part of twenty years now, has a new love…
‘Tis the season once again for the pill poppers of the world to converge on our sunny shores and shamelessly indulge their deepest, darkest addictions as Miami plays host to the world’s hottest DJs, including industry gods Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Sasha, Armin Van Buuren, and Carl Cox. Yes, it’s Winter…
Nobody knew it, but a party was going down on Biscayne Boulevard at around 1:30 in the afternoon late last week. Jeremy, a.k.a. DJ Radio Raheem, stood behind a well-beaten DJ setup in the empty parking lot of the Davis Motel on 65th street. The bumps of yesteryear rattled out…
Daniel Hendler and Arturo Goetz talk law Beginning tonight at 9:00 at the Bill Cosford Cinema, University of Miami will screen Family Law (Derecho De La Familia), Argentina’s official selection for Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Academy Awards. Although the film — broadcast in Spanish with English subtitles –…
The space-time continuum smacks the shit out of Sandra Bullock in Premonition, the latest in nonlinear nonsense, but the fun really gets going when she starts to smack back. As Linda Hanson, humdrum mom from Anywhere, U.S.A., Bullock sets things up by doing her thing, effortlessly establishing the girl next…
I Think I Love My Wife From the makers of Pootie Tang, one the greatest movies ever made, comes I Think I Love My Wife, the most unlikely remake in the history of cinema. Director, co-writer, and star, Chris Rock, claims his comedy is an update of Chloe in the…
It was late on a Monday at The Naked Grape in the Wilton Manors neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, after one of Richard Cortez’s weekly concerts, that I first heard about The Fantasy Party. Richard was packing up his guitar and amps and walking them to his car with a portly,…
Betrayal: Everything in popular culture can be referred back to Seinfeld, even a major work by a Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Harold Pinter’s 1978 play was the inspiration for what is colloquially referred to as “The Backwards Episode” of Seinfeld, which aired November 20, 1997. The sitcom episode begins with Jerry,…
“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…
American Cousins (BFS) Appetite for Deconstruction: A Punk Rockumentary (MVD) Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow (Universal) Bloody Reunion (Tartan) Blood Trails (Lions Gate) The Ed Wood Collection: A Salute to Incompetence (Passport) Favela Rising (Netflix) Fires on the Plain: The Criterion Collection (Criterion) The Gene Autry 100th Anniversary Collection…
Casino Royale (Sony) James Bond gets a stirring shake-up in the best — yeah, Goldfinger fans, the best — film in the series’ 44-year history. Daniel Craig’s 007 has more going on above the neck and below the waist than even Sean Connery’s. He’s a genuinely compelling character — a…
Whether it’s slaying dragons in Zelda, zapping aliens in Halo, or inserting foot A into ass B in Virtua Fighter, the best games are the ones that offer some level of wish fulfillment. Grand Theft Auto added “Help yourself to a car” and “Drive it on the sidewalk” to the…
There may be no better image of passion and romance than a couple dancing the tango. In a close embrace, the two gently graze against each other in sensuous movement that flows as naturally as water. The rest of us may not be so swanlike on the dance floor, but…
Bayfront Park was already a great option for a business lunch. Chili’s, Los Ranchos, and a great food court serve your culinary needs inside the waterfront mall. But for a limited time only Bayfront Park is sweetening the deal and offering some real local flavor. The Bayfront Park Farmer’s Market…
Tonight at Gemma, the newest sleek, chic lounge on Lincoln Road, is Italian Wine 101. Sounds like a class you might have actually passed in college, and done extra credit for! This Italian wine tasting, hosted by the American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF), starts at 6:30 p.m. Just…
It’s that magical time of year again, when throngs of excited families load up in their minivans and head to Southwest Miami-Dade. That time of year when one commercial makes us stop our TiVos, mid-fast forward, just to hear the sweetest jingle in local advertising history. “Be there! The Fair……
Although some people celebrate it twice a day, all year, National Wine Week is actually held twice a year, in March and September. From March 19 to 23, steakhouse extraordinaire Smith & Wollensky will host over forty vintners who will bless the lunch crowd with generous samples of top-shelf wines…
Yesterday marked the start of the Winter Music Conference, one of the largest networking events in the dance music industry. The city is full of artists, DJs, industry execs, and puh-lenty of wannabes — all either looking for a shot in the industry or a shot of tequila. If you…
The name Jauretsi Saizarbitoria sure is a mouthful, but for readers of Jane magazine, it’s instantly recognizable. The former editor there gave up what looked like the funnest job ever to take on a project very close to her heart. She visited Cuba’s annual hip-hop festival and began shooting photos…
The once-sizzling competition between local hero Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the South Beach Diet, versus the low-carb master Dr. Atkins has gone the way of Eighties-era Madonna/Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson/Prince battles. Clearly, Dr. Agatston’s diet has emerged as the trendy eating plan to live by, thanks to unflagging…
You hear the word Nike and you think expensive footwear and in-your-face celebrity endorsements. But today, the megacorp is trying to do more than sell you some hot kicks with glorified check marks all over them. Today marks the inaugural Miami Niketown 5K for Kids, a run/walk where children and…
Southwest Miami-Dade residents, rejoice! Something is actually happening in your neighborhood! Pack up the kids and head to the third annual Deering Seafood Festival, touted as “the biggest backyard festival on the bay.” Activities include nature hikes, cooking demos, a performance by local band the Mosquitoheads, and a humongous seafood…
