Tonight, America will make its most important collective decision since we elected Obama. We take to the phones to text in our choice for the next American Idol. The choice is between lil’ miss glamour puss Adam Lambert and generically good looking, non-threatening, Christian boy Kris Allen. Well, officially it is,…
Out of the countless towns he’s played during his band’s national tours, Sammy Gonzalez, bassist of local trio Jacob’s Ladder, still prefers the tiny Frankenmuth, Michigan. An obscure, German-theme tourist destination billed as “Michigan’s Little Bavaria,” Frankenmuth is home to one “amazing promoter,” Jacobs says. “He throws shows at a…
Details are still vague, but cops were called to two deaths this morning. In one, at Miami International Airport, it seems a 43-year-old American Airlines customer service manager named Thomas Juxovich was working on a lift near gate E-10 when he fell and died at Miami International Airport. It happened…
Before their boat sank off Palm Beach last week — drowning at least nine people, including a pregnant woman — a group of 30 Haitian immigrants endured days drifting at sea without fuel and a harrowing journey from Nassau to a smuggler’s cove in Bimini.So says the complaint filed this…
The guys of the long-grinding Miami quintet Alukard hail from all over the city, but have made it their new mission to bring live rock back to the suburban expanses of Kendall, a couple years after staple venue Kaffe Krystal’s demise. “They were known for bringing a lot of emo,…
This was a week where people were just trying to figure out where they belong. It was an awkward thing to watch, like tweens on their first day of middle school figuring out which lunch table to sit at. Jason Taylor knew deep, deep down that his heart belonged to Miami,…
Being a blogger is a lot like being on a reality TV fashion competition show: some crazy man locks you in a small, depressing room for hours at a time and asks you to complete multiple, seemingly random tasks with ridiculously short deadlines and few resources and then the finished…
In this week’s print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez are shoring up support with some of the city’s…
Virginia quintet Parachute has been on the rise since it landed the song “She’s Love” in a Nivea commercial. Suddenly, thousands of women with smooth legs wanted more of those smooth pop-rock sounds. In the resulting buzz storm on iTunes and the like, the song eventually also landed on the…
This week: VegetablesVegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Garfield (Jim Davis)Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. ~Fran LebowitzLife expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables…
Beings is the latest project from Miami musical standout Mike Alén (:nobuhjest:, Secret Service, Foreign Bodies, Map of the Universe, etc). The group has Beatriz Monteavaro (Floor, Cavity) on drums and Ivan Marchena (Bling Bling, Map of the Universe, etc.) on guitar and vocals, and is suitably noisy and catchy…
Editor’s Note: In this week’s column, José El Rey asked readers to submit questions and he’d “lead them to a better living.”My old lady doesn’t love me what should I do?CharlesI hate answering questions with more questions. Do you mean old lady like your mom? No, no, no… Old girl…
The Maryland pop-punk quintet Count Your Blessings headlines the Talent Farm this Sunday night as part of its “Hip Shakers and Trouble Makers Tour.” Click here to read what Brett Gillin had to say about it in this week’s issue of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times.The band’s debut full-length, Like…
Here’s a pretty good item from a couple years ago. Best of Miami is coming June 11. You can vote on a lot of other categories here. Best Road Rage Dump truck overturned on I-95 August 27, 2007 Chaos ensued when a dump truck flipped and spilled gravel, shutting down…
Back to the Future at the Clevelander
Barry, Barry Racist More than meets the eye: As a former student at Barry University, I was disturbed by Natalie O’Neill’s May 7 story, “A Noose and a White Sheet.” My professors sometimes made odd comments that I wasn’t sure were racist or simply sarcastic. I had good experiences and…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.A couple of months ago I wrote about the difference between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. I recently moved back to Ft. Lauderdale, and I’ve realized the two places are two totally different worlds. Granted, the greatest friends I have…
Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing every Wednesday 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. 1969 was, looking back with the benefit of 40 years of hindsight,…
The fivesome Clock Hands Strangle are based a little further north, in Melbourne, but have increasingly ventured outside their hometown, recently playing in Miami for an in-store at Sweat. We should be seeing more of this band after the release of its forthcoming full-length, Distaccati. And to whet your appetite,…
A couple weeks ago I got a mailed copy of Elizabeth Goodman’s new Cat Power book, Cat Power: A Good Woman. Although it’s deeply reported, it’s unauthorized; Chan Marshall refused to speak with Goodman for the project, and thus all her quotes therein are indirect. It’s a fast-paced read, but…
Restaurateurs are increasingly seeking new ways to boost sales. I say: A good motto never hurts. And also: But a bad motto is funnier. In that spirit, allow me to lend some ideas for catchy tag lines — don’t worry restaurant owners, no charge for the suggestions!Motto for Einstein Bros…
Shocking horrible news this week that is tearing apart Miami at it’s very seems: a grown man touched a lady once, and it was photographed! The horror! Not just any man of course, but a celebrity priest. First, a Mexican tabloid released photos of Father Cutié frolicking on a beach…
