Gotohells Six Packs & Race Tracks (Stiff Pole Records) In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my Blast From the Past thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole Records,…
Javier Souto should have been sent out to the political pasture a long time ago.But lobbyists and special interests know they can cajole the rambling county commissioner to do what they want. So they make sure he stays in power. And even though 71-year-old Bay of Pigs veteran is more…
Letters from the issue of August 19, 2010
Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito should be fired
Don’t like ink smudges? Didn’t feel like battling an insulation-needing bum for a print edition of our humble newspaper? Birdcage in desperate need of liner? No worries, Crossfade’s got you covered. Our print music coverage, home of weekly features more in-depth than most of the posts on this blog, is…
Is it a bad thing? I certainly think not. I’m glad he’s back behind the skins, screaming and aided by Didi Aragon on vocals and guitars, Bavie Grafals on vocals, violin and percussion and Ana Farina MacKliff on bass and vocals. The mix is punkish and New Wave in makeup…
The management team searching for a new executive chef for the Oceanaire Seafood Room in downtown Miami evidently didn’t have to travel very far. They announced yesterday that Kareem Anguin has been promoted to replace recently departed Sean Bernal. Anguin, from Jamaica, is a graduate of Johnson & Wales (uh-oh) and…
Saturday, nu-disco duo the Golden Filter returns to Miami a third time, this time at Grand Central. But the Golden Filter is more than just syrupy snyth ballads, they pack a visual punch too. Their videos and photography only add to the dream-like sequence you get when listing to their…
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 it’s time for Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado to fire police Chief Miguel Exposito. Last week in Overtown, an…
The Naked TruthNaked Pizza is gearing up for an opening on Washington Avenue. The debut can’t come too soon, because South Beach residents are really hungry for yet another pizza chain outlet.No Hormones, No Steroids, No AsterisksLime Fresh Mexican Grill, a Florida-based company, has become the first restaurant chain to…
Last Wednesday, shortly before dawn, Rolando Bolaños logged on to his Facebook account to update his status regarding his favorite subject, Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. The ex-Hialeah Police chief informed his network of friends about a $200,000 private loan Robaina received from a city vendor in 2002. Three days earlier,…
The latest Street Wars event (its sixth incarnation) was received with a little confusion due to a last minute venue change, but still went off instead at White Room versus the original Coral Gables location. Still standing from the aftermath of the event is a mixtape that was put together…
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez hasn’t said a peep about the corrupt actions of some of his close friends in the Miami-Dade Police Department, which speaks volumes about hizzoner’s willingness to combat violations of the public trust when it involves his boys in brown. It’s time for Alvarez — a…
Miller Dawkins, despite his crimes, was an African-American hero
Letters from the issue of August 12, 2010
George’s on Sunset is name-crazy
Whenever we see any references to Harry and the Hendersons, we can’t help but smile. That fun-loving monster took away our fear of Big Foot and transferred it into a love of hairy-looking, enormous creatures that just want to be a part of the family. So it should come as…
While this blog keeps on trucking with the multiple daily updates, there is, in fact, in a nod to Stone Age tradition still a print music section that comes out weekly. That’s where the longer music features live, and we’ve got at least one in-depth look weekly at a local…
Since I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, it gives me great pleasure and pride to see the work of UltraChic*, a band based out of Miami but hailing from my homeland. The group continues to soldier on with a rock and roll racket that pays plenty of respect…
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 remembers Miami Commissioner Miller Dawkins, who died early this month. One of Miller Dawkins’s legacies is Charles…
Out Through the In DoorSean Bernal has left the Oceanaire Seafood Room and headed for Fairview, Texas. Jonathan Wright is skipping the Setai for Barbados. Usually the sign of a restaurant city becoming robust is the influx of talented chefs from elsewhere — not the fleeing of chefs for greener…
NMA News, a Taiwanese news organization, has begun explaining America to its viewers through the use of wacky CGI animation. We’re not sure how the animations help Taiwanese viewers understand the ridiculousness of American pop culture, but they sure do make for great viral videos. The latest edition takes aim…
