When Southern crunk pioneers the Ying Yang Twins yelled out, “Skeet! Skeet!” in their 2003 hit “Get Low,” middle America took it as cutesy hip-hop slang like bling or hooptie. Actually, skeet means male ejaculate. No kidding. But when L.A.’s DJ Skeet Skeet assumed the name, his explanation was a…
Some of you saw Drew Barrymore’s roller derby flick, Whip It, and started immediately referring to yourself as Pam D. Moanium. But as local derby coach Carnivorous Licks told us “[Skate] names are earned. A lot of people think they’ll get a cool name and dress cute and that’s it…
Behind the bright lights and red velvet curtains of “professional theater” is an alternative that is challenging the norm. House Next Door Productions is a group of students from the Miami area looking to spread awareness of so-called “alternative theater” throughout the city. They’re hoping that their production of Stephen…
As we near June, almost the exact midpoint between the last Art Basel and the next, Wynwood street art gets a little stagnant. Or so we thought. Check out this Alice in Wonderland mural off North Miami Avenue and NW 32nd Street. We certainly saw our fair share of hipster…
Most sequels are born of good box office rather than good ideas–if you build it and they come, you simply must build another one. But it’s hard to imagine a more calculating, creatively bankrupt piece of real estate than The Hangover Part II. Trade out Las Vegas for Bangkok, a…
Chlorophyl, the 25-minute short directed by Miami native Barry Jenkins, stars first-time actress and Miami local Ana Trevino. It premiered at last month’s Borscht Film Festival. If you saw the movie, regardless of your opinion, it didn’t quite fit into the context of the arena in which it was presented…
We love beer and its many uses, such as helping us forget that fight we had with our girlfriend or the two hundred bucks we lost playing Texas Hold ‘Em at the Calder Casino & Race Course after the fight with little Ms. Pissy Pants.We are not alone in our pursuit…
A new exhibit at the Frost Art Museum crams Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book through the shredder. In fact the gang of 12 Chinese artists whose works are on view in “East/West: Visually Speaking” traffic with the currency of American pop culture and runaway globalization in a way that probably…
Fashion Breakdown: Romper and bracelets are from Forever XXI, summer wedges by Jessica Simpson, ring from Turkey, and necklace was a gift…
Sometimes it’s good to take the high road. Tonight is not one of those times. Sometimes you have to fight insults with insults. So when Joakim “I shouldn’t be making fun of anybody, have you seen my facial hair and hair bun” Noah decided he was going to call a…
Today is national Hug Your Cat Day! And what does that mean, exactly? Find the nearest pussy, give it a squeeze, and watch it purr. Well, unless it’s one of those ill-mannered kitties with the temperament of an ear-hungry Mike Tyson (sans the calming pigeons). In these circumstances, do not…
Everyone has their favorite place to perch on the beach. Whether you enjoy the pervy party atmosphere of 7th Street or the family vibe of 81st, you’re likely very loyal to your particular stretch of sand. And which block you choose to tan your junk on says a lot about…
We talk a big game about the local talent here in South Florida. But it all means squat if our creatives only exist within 305’s incestuous little art bubble, right? Although, it’s true, we were initially a little territorial when we heard that the Museum of Contemporary Art was opening…
We’ve been told the best things in life come in threes. Or is it the worst? Considering we all didn’t die Saturday, were going to go with best. Let’s see: Miami’s dream team, little pigs and let’s not forget sheets to the wind. And now, seasons of Basketball Wives. Yep,…
For more than two decades, the South Florida Cultural Consortium has been a trend guru, recognizing local artists who are leaving deep footprints. Each year the alliance awards $7,500 to $15,000 grants to top talent in the Sunshine State. It also offers winners of the juried South Florida Cultural Consortium…
The following review was provided by Village Voice Media critic J. Hoberman, who was in Cannes for the festival.The last day screening of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ruminative, challenging Once Upon a Time in Anatolia strengthened an exceptionally ambitious and coherent competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival–although Terrence Malick’s The…
When they’re not too busy performing DPs, TPs, group scenes, facial free-for-alls, and other wild sexual stunts, porn stars live just like the rest of the literate world. They enjoy a little downtime, a bottle of fine wine, and a good fucking book. So between handing out WTF Awards, kicking…
Last week a man told his 81-year-old father that making tweets was how to search things on Google. The result was the hilarious @oldmansearch.The tweets reflect the mind of a confused (but adorable) old coot: how do you pronounce juan, cold toes, is alex trebek really smart, national geographic dinosaur…
Can you imagine what dinner was like at the Wayans household in the 1980s? You probably had Keenen Ivory Wayans doing his Mike Tyson imitation, while Damon developed his Homey the Clown or Men on Film schtick, and then the babies of the family, Shawn and Marlon Wayans, were developing…
When Hair, the musical, first went on tour in the ’60s/’70s, audiences reacted in the extremes. In London, royalty danced onstage; meanwhile, in Acapulco, Mexico, government officials padlocked the theater to protect their city’s youth. San Francisco hippies mediated with the cast while Ohioans threw bombs at the theater. Go…
Opening Friday at Coral Gables Art Cinema, Meek’s Cutoff, like all of director Kelly Reichardt’s previous features (River of Grass, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy), is essentially a road movie about both the unequal distribution of power and resources and the frustrations of the disenfranchised. Tracking three hungry and thirsty…
It’s not every day that we get to play phone tag with Ron Jeremy. But when that day came, we realized that, holy, shit! we’re playing phone tag with the fucking Hedgehog!Best known for his large male member and steamy roles in films not fit for children or Harold Camping,…
