Beer muscles play tricks on your mind. They make the stupidest acts of bravery, skill, and coordination seem not only feasible but also easy to accomplish. And if you’ve ever trespassed on nursing home property after dark to attempt a drunken two-story skateboard trick over a 50-foot gap into the…
In Miami, the trend is to knock down 60-year-old MiMo motels to make room for monster condos that stand ghostly empty. But elsewhere, aging architecture inspires contemporary photographers. Consider Americana, a photo series by Daniel De Azoulay that documents the depilated landscape along historic Route 66. His saturated color images…
No matter what your mama says, Miami-Dade isn’t all about freestyle, booty bass, and hip-hop grind. Near the edge of the Everglades, the 305 is awash in a superpotent type of primordial ooze that breeds stoners and sludge rockers by the thousands. And these end days, the local distorto-demons of…
Remember when a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could get you a pack of Fruit Gushers? Well, if you’re still looking to play swappies, head to Cafeina this Saturday at noon for a little game of one-for-you/one-for-me at the inaugural Swap Miami. The brainchild of Super Market Creative and Creative…
Yann Martel’s previous novel, Life of Pi, was published so long ago — 2001 — that the fabulist tale exists solely for us in the form of a boat, a tiger, and warm memory. His new novel, Beatrice and Virgil, also gets a bit meta. It follows Henry, a writer…
Director John Hughes caught the Psychedelic Furs at their absolute best for the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. Performing the title song of the 1986 film, the Furs captured the musical Zeitgeist of the ’80s, a sound indebted to the arty punk of the ’70s that vied for a place on…
When Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan was called up in May 2009, he blasted his way onto the scene using only his big bat and heavy nut sack. In his first full season, Coghlan mauled opposing pitchers with extreme prejudice, batting .321 with a .390 on-base percentage, while knocking…
When Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan was called up in May 2009, he blasted his way onto the scene using only his big bat and heavy nut sack. In his first full season, Coghlan mauled opposing pitchers with extreme prejudice, batting .321 with a .390 on-base percentage, while knocking…
When Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan was called up in May 2009, he blasted his way onto the scene using only his big bat and heavy nut sack. In his first full season, Coghlan mauled opposing pitchers with extreme prejudice, batting .321 with a .390 on-base percentage, while knocking…
In a fundamental way, Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa kicked off the cinematic cycle that eventually led to today’s hyperaware, genre-hopping, metatext-obsessed actioners. Here’s an overly simplistic version of that lineal progression: John Ford’s cowboy flicks gave birth to Kurosawa’s beautiful bastard Yojimbo, which spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone kidnapped and…
If you didn’t get your fill of Wynwood during the last art walk, there’s still time to check out what the ’Wood has to offer. The David Castillo Gallery recently put out a call to its resident artists, and they’re trotting out all the new work for this month’s exhibit,…
Like many of you, we had the immense pleasure of hearing Ryan Elliott spin at White Room last May, and witnessed a DJ at the peak of his powers. The Spectral Sound label man crafts truly spellbinding live sets that are dually physical and mental — “body music for the…
Those of you that miss your weekly dose of acoustic bliss no longer have to fret. Sweat Records is bringing Miami’s beloved “Can You Rock a Little Softer” back. Bands slated to perform on Thursday include Rachel Goodrich, Animal Tropical, and surprise guests — and of course it’s hosted by…
If you’re either a) one of those that were bummed to have missed Enrique Bunbury, formerly of Heroes del Silencio, at the Fillmore yesterday, or b) were in fact at the Fillmore on said night, catching one of Spanish rock’s old-schoolers, than this show on Wednesday at the same spot…
Coming hot on the heels of Fort Lauderdale’s last successful battle, Grind Time’s Broward Beatdown, is Street Wars 5, a Miami-based competition sponsored by the good folks at Vice City Cypher and hosted by longtime MC and battle vet H2O. It takes place Saturday, at the Jamyard, Fort Lauderdale’s pay-to-paint…
The opening party for Pop Shop Don’t Stop, an exhibition of New York City Street Art from the 1980’s – Now. The opening party on Friday, May 21, 2010, also salutes what would have been Keith Haring’s 52nd birthday this year and celebrates this idol’s international career and contribution to…
David Mamet’s Oleanna, when treated with even half of the passion and smarts evident in Max Pearl’s blistering Pinecrest Rep production, is an exhilarating play. It’s chock full of big ideas that hurtle across the stage, fueled by the audience’s contempt — nay, hatred — of a student named Carol,…
To celebrate the opening of T3 Body Art in Little Havana, local artists and musicians are hosting “The Body Is a Canvas,” a night of drinks, art, live music, body painting, body piercing and tats. Come enjoy wine and cheese, see 50 works of art by 20 of SoFl artists,…
The Argentine murder mystery The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) was directed by Juan José Campanella and based on an Eduardo Sacheri novel. The movie, which is told in flashbacks, won the Goya Award, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar, for best movie of 2009. Campanella…
You know the economy has gotten rough when two Miami artists are sent to work in a factory in Thailand. Artists Jen Stark, New Times Mastermind winner, and Alvaro Ilizarbe, AKA Freegums, recently set up shop for a week in a silk screen factory just outside of Bangkok. They slept…
One thing that must be said about these Bushes is they refuse to be licked. And right now the Texas political dynasty is engaged in a full-court press to restore its tainted legacy. Their first move in tackling this daunting challenge is the release of Laura Bush’s personal account of…
South Florida has a robust fetish scene. The mastermind behind it all is the Fetish Factory, which hosts the monthly party Alter Ego that draws crowds of nearly a thousand people. But this weekend marks the kinky venue’s biggest soirée of the year: the Fetish Factory 15th Anniversary celebration. On…
