You know Uncle Luke is the true front runner when even the New Yorkers are telling Miami-Dade voters to elect him county mayor. New York magazine officially joined the movement today. Writer Amos Barshad notes “it doesn’t take a friggin’ expert to know that former 2 Live Crew svengali Luther…
We don’t know about all of you, but we’re pretty sick and tired of certain Miami-Dade politicians who keep resorting to their legal attack strategies to stop the will of the people. It’s damn time we get ourselves a true leader, a champion of the first amendment, who’s gonna come…
We love the trend Kanye started with his G.O.O.D. Fridays series of MP3s that led up to the release of his last album. Ever the maddeningly savvy businessman, Yeezy proved that free music — executed well and released with careful marketing — is an amazing way to drum up excitement…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken in Miami-Dade County in the week previous. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain-out look more badass than we ever will . This is the italicized intro to that…
Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive step.What many people don’t know is that Wal-Mart owns and operates over 4,000 stores in more than …
Nine more individuals have been criminally charged in the ongoing federal investigation into a $40 million ponzi scheme in Hialeah. The arrests come in the wake of news reports that the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are investigating Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina for alleged loan sharking, mortgage fraud and…
Here’s a track from our very own MC Serum off his upcoming sophomore release, P. C. P. (Pre-Campaign Propaganda), which is slated to drop this month. That’s good news for fans of his 2008 compilation mixtape Calm B4 the Brainstorm and 2009’s full-length debut Brainstorm Troopah. While I haven’t heard the…
As Waylon Jennings might have put it, we were looking for Miami’s up-and-coming dining scene in all the wrong places. Like, for instance, the Design District. When Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink took off, followed by Fratelli Lyon, Michelle Bernstein’s Sra. Martinez, and Jonathan Eismann’s mini-empire, it appeared that the…
All in the Family Different strokes: What a wonderful story about the two gay men who had to travel out of the country to adopt a baby (“Gaybies!” Leslie Minora, January 27). It embodies the true meaning of family. In a world with over six billion people, there is no…
Banana Republican just got an exclusive video from North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre responding to the outrage from Councilman Scott Galvin and city residents over his ordering 43 police-style badges for his three full-time staffers and his “volunteers.” The Haitian American politician wants to make it perfectly clear to everybody…
Natacha Seijas should just get on her broom and fly off whenever a pesky journalist confronts her for comment about the recall against her. As we write this, the Wicked Witch of Northwest Miami-Dade is probably brewing up some diabolical potion for her latest media nemesis, GenTV reporter Claudia DoCampo,…
The Essentials Fast Music in a Slow Town (Safety Net Records & Tapes) The Essentials were part of the early South Florida punk explosion of the late ’70s and early ’80s. And this EP, Fast Music in a Slow Town, is a sweet blend of straight-up punk rock with touches…
If you believe the Other Voices column published in the Miami Herald Sunday, Village Voice Media is a big bad monster. After all, we own Backpage.com, which is the “market leader in online sex ads.” And those ads allegedly traffic millions of underage girls — particularly this week, when the…
Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife Raiza Villacis-Robaina gave out high interest loans to individuals other than accused ponzi schemer Luis Felipe Perez. And Hialeah Councilwoman Vivian Casals-Muñoz prepared the mortgage documents that secured the loans the Robainas provided to Perez, former Councilman Guillermo Zuñiga, and Hialeah business owners…
It just isn’t fair that Taco Bell is getting all the free press these days concerning integrity of ingredients — or lack thereof. Granted, nobody is accusing McDonald’s or Burger King of faking beef content, but what about the other stuff that goes between the buns? The sauce lathered upon…
Okay, okay, so the guy who won Miami’s ING marathon Sunday, Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayehu of Ethiopia, did it just 2:12:57, just about the time I was finishing the half marathon, or actually before me because it took regular Joes 10 to 15 minutes to get over the start line. And…
Most of what people associate with dubstep is the wall-rattling warped basslines that come at club-night peak hours, or even — yikes — just the kind of wobble that’s now being filtered down in a lite version to the likes of Britney Spears. But dedicated fans of the genre recognize…
Pigs are the smartest domestic animal on the planet. Sorry Rex and Smokey. There’s proof.We know what you’re thinking — swine live on farms, wallow in mud, and eat slop. Not exactly rocket science. In the Bahamas however, there are some members of the porcine population that lounge around the…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken in Miami-Dade County in the week previous. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain-out look more badass than we ever will . This is the italicized intro to that…
1. When you see duck l’orange on the menu, you think about what a neat ice cream flavor it would make.2. You do your grocery shopping at the freeze-dried foods aisle in Target’s camping department.3. The meal you served your cat Missy last night: 9 Lives Tuna & Egg Foam…
Forget the heart shaped box of chocolates and pastel-colored sweethearts with romantic messages. This year, go for something that will make your lover’s jaw drop and hopefully make it an evening to remember. Here’s a selection of our five fave ways to say “I love (want) you”.Edible candy G-string and…
The top individual donor to the political action committee seeking to block Miami-Dade Commissioner Natacha Seijas’ recall is a Hialeah businessman who was barred from getting county work. The campaign treasurer’s report for Abre Los Brazos shows that Zitro Inc., a company owned by Hector P. Ortiz, contributed $10,000. In…
