Jim Wurster is one of the best almost-kept secrets of the South Florida singer-songwriter world, a leading light of a micro-scene that revolves around small venues like the Luna Star Cafe. While his artist bio may be given to, shall we say, hyperbole, this much is true: Once upon a…
Today’s throwback comes from wayyyy back in the way-back machine’s gears: 1930, when Phil Spitalny’s orchestral jazz compositions were pop hits. It’s hard to imagine a time before popular music was splintered into a thousand different subgenres, but think about it: Beyond classical and real folk traditions, there was basically…
Friday night’s weekly Flamingo Fridays party at PS14 marks the first show in a while on this side of the county line for the Miami foursome Astari Nite. The band has been playing out relatively frequently, but recent weeks have seen it playing mostly around Broward and even West Palm Beach.And…
Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend’s biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool’s national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the…
Moving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Top Sellers for the Week of May 22-29:Sweat Records, Miami1. It’s Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs2. Entertainment, Fischerspooner3. Born Like This, MF Doom4. Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode5. Two Suns, Bat For Lashes…
Former celebri-priest and confessed sex-haver Father Cutié became Lay Minister Cutié this week and joined the Episcopal church so he could marry his girlfriend. Though, he’s not the first to change faiths in the name of love. The Cat Killer struck again. Once we catch this guy (gal?), the most poetic justice would…
So which cast member of Bravo’s upcoming docu-soap Miami Social has the most embarrassing past? Hardy Hill, who did some softcore porn or Ariel Stein who’s busy promoting the Wearable Towel?Stein’s is vice-president of 20/20 Vision Management, based on Fisher Island, and we just got a press release from the…
Prior to the advent of astro-drink Tang and its evil twin Sunny D, Florida was the undisputed Bordeaux of the breakfast drink game. These days though, our prime regional product isn’t O.J. alone. We’ve been forced by circumstance (a.k.a. evil, artificial orange drinks) to diversify into such things as cultivating the…
No theme this week — just a random sampling.I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time’. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~Steven WrightWhen I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg to see which comes first. ~UnknownWhen a…
Ever loved your sugar pie honeybunny pookie bear soooo much that your relationship already felt like beautiful music? I guess that’s what Me She and Chris V of new local act BFGF were feeling, and they decided to express that feeling in song. And thus, the enamored couple (look, they…
Miami is a city of vanity — we accept that as fact, even if it’s a poor quality. But Bravo’s new series, Miami Social, takes that attribute and runs with it. In a three-minute preview posted on its website, the cast provides enough cringe-worthy moments that it left Riptide feeling…
Now you Z it, then…In what has to be the fastest closing since Donny Osmond attempted George M. Cohan on Broadway, Zushi Flirt has rolled from the lobby of Z Ocean Hotel. A second branch of 8-oz. Burger Bar is already in its place, the Burger Bar brain trust no…
As we were the first to report, Bravo officially announced the details of its upcoming “docusoap” Miami Social yesterday. And to think, Lesley Abravanal said it would never happen. Bravo has the official website for the series up, and it’s our first chance to get a look at the official cast…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.I want to talk about the bike scene in South Florida again, because there have been some really good events lately. We just did open sprints two weeks ago at Keirin Cycles in Miami Beach. Then this past weekend…
Today, Banana Republican begins a weekly series assessing candidates running for various municipal elected offices this year. Let’s turn our attention to the District 3 city commission race in Miami, where we have seven contenders vying to replace Joe Sanchez, who is running for mayor. The district includes the affluent Roads…
That’s right, the honorable Phineas J. Whoopie has officially retired from lecturing Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley the Walrus to pursue a career in music. For those of you not up on obscure cartoon characters from the 1960s, Phineas is the bespectacled professor who would help out Underdog and his friends…
We heard a few murmurs that Bravo was scouting Miami as a possible setting for the next Real Housewives season, but it turns out the show that plucks prime housewife stereotypes from the nation’s most ridiculous regions and watches them fight to the proverbial death on camera has decided to go with Washington,…
Jerry Jean Juste spent time in jail in Haiti. He brought together Miami’s troubled expatriate Haitian community in its most troubled hour. He hated no one — at least publicly — not even When he winked at you, it was as if the skies had opened. He died yesterday of…
First Came the Greyhounds Balanced: Michael J. Mooney’s May 21 story “Track Star” was incredible. You had me in tears. You were so good about showing both sides of the story. And if it does upset the industry, I’m fine with that! Please kiss Jailamony for me. (But I still…
Just got back from the Spence-Jones Vindication Show in Overtown. The thunderstorms had just subsided outside the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 301 NW 9th Street. But inside Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones’ angry voice boomed throughout the cavernous assembly hall. She was flanked by 30 to 40 supporters.”It’s been almost…
Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade, focused on pop music’s history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.”It’s not time to make a change,…
Archive Diver is diggin in the crates for New Times content from days gone by. We’ll be bringing you everything from fliers, to articles, to whatever throwbacks got something to do with anything.This week, check out promotion for a May 25 and 26, 1988 show by the Four Tops at…
