Today, a rare Anti-Moron of the Week is awarded to the mystery football player who recently told serial proselytizer Tim Tebow to “Shut the fuck up” when he asked for a pre-Wonderlic prayer at the NFL combine. While there’s no guarantee it will indeed cause Tebow to STFU in the future, one…
Blast From the Past is an occasional Crossfade column re-examining classic South Florida releases of yesteryear. Click here for past editions. FUTURISK – The Sound of Futurism (Clark Humphrey Records) For all the cool synth acts the hipsters drool their PBR’s for nowadays, I’m glad and quite freaking happy to…
Cutesy cupcakes are as outdated as truffle oil. All over the country, these ubiquitous mini-cakes are being supplanted in popularity by the donut. Yes, the humble donut is receiving a gourmet makeover from pastry chefs with eclectic flavors and toppings. Even Williams-Sonoma has joined the bandwagon with a donut-shaped cake…
In 1962, Willie James Greene opened up his own shoe repair shop on the corner of NW 62nd Street and 6th Avenue in Liberty City. He maintained it despite the bleak economic conditions surrounding him, and when riots engulfed the neighborhood in the 80s, Greene Dreams Shoe Repair was left…
While the rest of the country — or at least California, Colorado, and a few others — virtually legalizes pot, Florida is going retro.Bills making their way through the Florida House and Senate would impose a 25 percent tax on pipes with carburetors. Worse, it argues that these pipes couldn’t be…
Letters from the issue of March 25, 2010
Miami-Dade Public Schools administrators knew old buildings threatened students but did almost nothing
Luke’s Gospel: Rappers like Lil Wayne and T.I. have a right to bear arms
Just a few items we wrestled from the jaws of this week’s New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Aside from massive WMC/Ultra coverage from Miami, Lee Zimmerman confirms that Rodney Atkins really is just a simple guy and Gilberto Gil rolls through the Broward Center.In News: Fighting crime does…
Lex-One and Mike Beatz have been staples in South Florida’s hip-hop scene. Having released tons of group and solo projects (Monster Ink, Major League, more), they’ve shown that hip-hop is deep rooted in their sound. Fast forward to 2010, and these guys have transformed everything they’ve worked on in the…
Browsing the weekly listing of film permits issued in Miami-Dade sometimes yields interesting results. For instance, Vogue will apparently shoot photos in Haulover Park. Yes, that’s home of the nude beach.It also seems the Miami-set fifth season of Oxygen’s reality train wreck Bad Girls Club has begun filming. The permit is for filming on North…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.This week, the collaboration between Shins’ lead singer James Mercer and Gnarls Barkley producer Danger Mouse, Broken Bells, leads the pack. A…
Way too much attention these days is heaped upon paying teachers. Look deeply into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools budget and you’ll see that a potentially more disastrous problem lies in the condition of the buildings where our kids study.Later today, on our website and in this week’s print edition,…
It’s here! Winter Music Conference officially begins today. What better way to get pumped up that with a DJ mix. Crossfade obsession and DJ Tamara Sky sent us the follow up to her last year’s Pussy Violence mix, this one titled Pussy Violence II Lip Service.The mix feature hipster dancefloor…
Though Short Order will never complain about getting free food at the beginning of a meal, we do wonder if too many complimentary starters can spoil the rest of the repast. At Italian mainstay Il Gabbiano, for example, all diners upon sitting down are presented with a dizzying array of antipasti.No sooner…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke explains why famous rappers such as Lil Wayne and T.I. get caught with illegal guns.Earlier this…
Are you prepared for what could be the most reality-TV-infected Winter Music Conference week on record? At least three of the genre’s favorite air heads are rumored to be in South Beach this week. This could be the biggest meeting of the minds since the Yalta Conference.The Sisters Kardashian have…
Richard Anastasi, who served as a Miami Beach Police officer until last December, kidnapped a Russian national last week, tortured him with threats of violence and tried to extort $100,000 from his family, federal prosecutors say. Anastasi, who is 47, and an accomplice, 42-year old Francisco Arias, were charged this…
Skinnydipping after dark with a few longhair BFFs is one of the best ways to spend a springtime Friday night. The water’s green, the sky’s green, and there’s no discernible horizon. It’s cold, but not that cold. And the wind whistles like music while puffy, cartoon-ish letters float through the…
This time of year, everything should be decided using tournament brackets. Riptide picks our breakfast by scrawling our kitchen’s options on a whiteboard. Yogurt and oatmeal always get knocked out in the first round, and Honey Bunches of Oats is highly seeded. Today a champion will emerge after a long year…
Local South Florida music bloggers unite! Well, that’s REVMiami’s idea anyhow. Yesterday, the lovely logo we see above popped up on another South Florida music staple site, Made in Miami Music. The idea is simple: so many folks are toiling away covering their local scenes around the country without a…
Do not try to wrap your pretty little head around this track, “Crossing the Frozen Lands.” Nah. That is not the way art works, at least not for me and I’m only a heady guy when it involves booze and whores and narcotics… think about it baby! You’re in the…
