As you may or may not know, Short Order is having a little Snackdown! Over the next few weeks, we will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods and pitting one against the other in an NCAA-bracket sort of tournament. The first entry, last Thursday, was Coconut Grove versus South Beach.Admittedly this…
Alligator Alley, the artery connecting lower Southwest Florida with the Gulf Coast b/w The Everglades, is so flat, straight and strikingly unremarkable that it takes on the vertiginous qualities of the most hypnogogic labyrinths. That is to say, I-75 is so boring that it’s damn near psychedelic. Nevertheless, Crossfade was…
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. This week, Luke says hip-hop artists are never too old to stop rapping.Rick Ross recently celebrated his 36th birthday. Some…
Are you looking for taxpayer money from Miami-Dade County for a questionable project, but you’ve been convicted of felony tax evasion and a misdemeanor attempt at boarding an airplane with a loaded gun? No problem! At least it’s not a problem for Yoram Izhak, a commercial property owner who recently…
Today, the world got an overdose of Maya Arulpragasam, AKA M.I.A., who released not one, but two music videos. The first was a featured guest spot on Madonna’s “Hollaback Girl” “Give Me All Your Luvin'”. Tween SMS misspellings aside, Madonna’s track is basically an ode to herself and how everyone…
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…
Can Super Bowl Sunday be the only day of the year in which we actually look forward to commercials? Each year, advertisers fall all over themselves trying to top each other for ratings, consumer approval and a coveted Clio award. Advertisers pay dearly for one of the 70 spots during…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the first entry. Today pits Coconut Grove against South Beach. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment if…
McDonald’s has declared that it will no longer use “pink slime” in the manufacturing of its food products, ABC News reported yesterday.Much like you’re probably doing right now, when I first heard the news I asked myself, What the hell is pink slime?And much like most Americans, I had no…
Gear up urban warriors, the next freebie challenge is on with free orders of onion rings from Miami-based Burger King this weekend, February 4 and 5. Unlike BK’s recent French fry giveaway, the best part of this new promotion–other than the free grub–is that it lasts the entire weekend, so…
A politically connected Miami Lawyer who’s gained fame dispensing advice to Hispanic folks who are losing their homes is in his own financial pickle. John H. Ruiz, who hosts La Ley TV, a popular financial advice program on Spanish-language GenTV, recently had his luxury cigarette boat repossessed. And he also…
We’re going to take a shot in the dark and say Miami has one of the top dining scenes in the country. Don’t agree? Okay, perhaps we’re only on our way. In any case, you clearly have a neighborhood where you prefer to eat.Maybe it’s the Gables, you rich bastard…
Superagent Drew Rosenhaus should give back to Miami’s black communities
Reader mail: Tea Party’s Victoria Jackson is a “moron”
Neil Young’s extreme audiophilia — that is, his obsession with acoustics — sometimes borders on insanity. For example, every minute of his 2010 album, Le Noise, produced with acclaimed rock technician Daniel Lanois, was recorded live, exclusively during full moons and using Lanois’s pipe organ as an organically reverberating amplifier…
An Opa-locka official booted from office six years ago won’t be prosecuted for the crimes that got him thrown out in the first place. Banana Republican has learned that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has quietly dropped multiple grand theft and official misconduct felony charges brought against Terence Pinder, Opa-Locka’s…
Germans are notoriously kinky. But when it comes to watersports, at least 12 Deutsches are drawing a hard line at simulated restroom piss play. According to TMZ, several women have complained about mouth-shaped urinals inside a Rolling Stones memorabilia museum restroom in Germany, calling the porcelain novelty toilet demeaning and…
What would you do to get a glimpse of Justin Bieber? Personally, we here at Crossfade would stop at nothing short of an epic backstage break-in, tying up security guards and stealing their clothes, crawling through air vents, and oh-so-sensually seducing tour bus drivers. But, uh, we’d definitely draw the…
Miami City Attorney Julie Bru pulled a sneaky maneuver to ensure City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff continues to receive free legal representation from her office. Near the end of last Thursday’s city commission meeting, Bru requested approval for a “pocket item” — so-called because it was not included in the city’s…
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. This week, Luke expresses his anger at the guy who inspired Jerry Maguire.So-called sports superagent Drew Rosenhaus has made millions…
Our soul sister blog, Riptide, recently described a guy who allegedly murdered a man and proceeded to consume his brain and eyeball. Hannibal Lecter would have at least added fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti.As a response, here’s a list of eight things that would probably be better than…
A Liberty City tutoring program is under fire from former employees who say not only has it failed to pay about $50,000 in wages, but also it employs two children of the program’s chief, Anthony Dawkins — both of whom have criminal convictions for fraud. Dawkins is head of Project…
