Building permit? Miami-Dade County doesn’t need any stinkin’ building permit!In fact, officials for the county’s internal services department got away with completing two construction projects in downtown Miami without obtaining permits for either one, according to Miami-Dade Inspector General Chris Mazzella.”The Office of the Inspector General finds this matter troubling,”…
Sandy Hook Forces Politicians to Deal With Assault Rifles That Have Plagued Black Communities for Decades
Reader Mail: John McAfee Isn’t As Crazy As He Seems
Woah, what the fuck year is it? Looks and sounds like 2006. Because Britney Spears is hitting the headlines with Federline baby drama. Oops, girl, you did it again. Turns out, Feddie Le Bland’s brother is claiming a love triangle with the singing baby mama. He even says Brit’s lil’…
Let’s face it. The world of music is a really dumb place, and we should know. Here at Crossfade, we spend the majority of our time sifting through the deserted wasteland of pop culture, and it ain’t lookin’ too good out there. This year felt like a particularly dumb year…
It’s pretty hard to follow in the large boot steps of John Timoney, the one-time Miami police chief. In fact, ever since Miami New Times crowned Timoney “America’s Worst Cop” in 2007, it’s taken us five years to find suitable successors to the title.But the quintet of contenders in Miami…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke reflects on the parallels between the Newtown massacre and the daily carnage in African-American communities.I’m saddened by the senseless…
Ever wondered where the tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa comes from? Probably not, but out of mystical curiosity we searched and found that the theory dates back to Western Germany and was formed as part of a medieval custom. A “paradise” tree was decorated with apples, wafers,…
Back in June, a Miami-Dade School Board audit skewered a Coconut Grove charter school’s seemingly incestuous relationship with its founder and landlord, Manuel Alonso-Poch. Seven months later, school board auditor Jose Montes de Oca claims Academy of Arts and Minds has done next to nothing to address its conflicts of…
We all know that chugging down can after can of Monster, Red Bull, or Rock Star ain’t exactly healthy, yet some of us chug down multiple doses of energy drinks every day.An adult endangering his or her health is one thing, but how about a kid? Energy drinks have become…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Yeah, yeah, yeah … The Holidays are all about family and delving into the true spirit of the season. But Crossfade and Pepe Billete are not fooled by any of that swill. We know that it’s all about the party and la jodedera. In his latest offering through Escoria Films,…
Banana Republican kicked off 2012 by recognizing a local Internet cabal of rabble-rousers and muckrakers who have helped fill the investigative journalistic void in the Magic City. In a cover story back in January, we ranked the Top Ten activist bloggers who work incessantly to expose shady government officials and…
Barack, LeBron, and Trayvon: That Was 2012
Reader Mail: A Trailer Full of Dildos Isn’t Weird Art, It’s Garbage
Sure, there’s fun to be had when shooting food pictures with your iPhone. But, sometimes, while flicking through our Instagram feed, we shudder in disappointment. Do Instagramers really think that a flash-flooded shot of corn chowder looks appetizing? Or that a blurry photo of empty wine glasses merits a “like”?…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke looks back on the year the Apocalypse didn’t happen.The world won’t end in 2012. Why? Because LeBron James…
Tammy Valdes, a former Golden Beach Police officer who recently won $233,000 in damages against the town for wrongful termination, has been criminally charged with illegal firearms dealing. Her husband Rafael Valdes, a Hialeah Police officer, is also facing a federal charge of making a material false statement in connection…
We say it every year … There’s far too much Christmas music on the radio, and not nearly enough Hanukkah songs floating around the FM airwaves to soundtrack our non-denominational celebration of hyper-consumerism known simply as “The Holidays.” All we’ve ever wanted for Christmas, damn it, is a sexy slow-jam…
There’s a big battle brewing between the Old Guard and the New Guard for the top leadership position of Florida’s Democratic Party. Several South Florida Hispanic Democrats are voicing their displeasure with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s move to support Tallahasee’s Allison Tant in next month’s election for the party’s state…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Wow, y’all. Another year has come and gone. But what do we have to show for it? Sure, we had a lot of fun. We discovered a lot of new, hopeful artists and said goodbye to a few favorites. But we also saw the rise of some terrible pop bullshit…
