Read the remaining entries from Roofless Records, Bleeding Palm and Crossfade’s road trip diary. Voice of the Valley Noise Rally Report #4 Pentress, WV 8/28/2011 On the morning of the third day of V.O.V. 2011, our bodies were catching up with us. The driving, the confederate graveyards, the camping, and…
Sure, we here at Crossfade were fully aware that White Stripes, Raconteurs, and Dead Weather mastermind Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis) was a proud son of the Motor City. But we never expected that he’d come crawling out of the clown closet in full Juggalo regalia (Faygo-stained XXXL t-shirt,…
The Wu-Tang Clan has never been modest about its skill set. With hundreds of releases tied to the Wu-Tang brand, this now-legendary ’90s gangsta rap collective has always been upfront about what it brings to the table. If you know your Wu, you know nobody else cooks, serves, and keeps…
Miami has breakfast chains such as Denny’s, IHOP, and the like. We boast a few two-bit diners and coffee shops too, as well as fancy hotel establishments that offer ostentatious brunch buffets on weekends. Michael’s Genuine serves cool breakfast items on Sundays, as do perhaps a couple of other restaurants…
Last week, the New York Post reported that sex in restaurants is on the rise. We’re not surprised. After all, what’s sexier that an incredible meal? Mix in a few glasses of wine and add to the fact that after paying the check you probably don’t have money left over…
Michelle Spence-Jones nails Fred Grimm, Michael Putney
Reader mail: “Saying the NCAA’s treatment is like slavery is like saying boxing is like the Holocaust”
When it comes to North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle should follow Monroe County’s lead. There should be no mercy for individuals who screw over their fellow taxpayers.On August 19, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent Vincent Weiner was arrested on misdemeanor charges of…
Read the remaining entries from Roofless Records, Bleeding Palm and Crossfade’s road trip diary. Voice of the Valley Noise Rally Report #3 Pentress, WV 8/28/2011 Our journey was long, arduous, strange and had already brought us to the doorstep of Dixieland, and the middle of Mountainland Nowhere, West Virginia. Before…
When a homie loses his life in the streets, there are all kinds of ways to honor his memory. You could say a prayer. Get a tattoo. Empty a 40 oz. bottle of Olde English on his grave. Organize an annual celebration of his enduring legacy. Write a musical tribute…
Read the remaining entries from Roofless Records, Bleeding Palm and Crossfade’s road trip diary. Voice of the Valley Noise Rally Report #2 Pentress, WV 8/27/2011 Miami’s DWNTWN/Wynwood/etc. music scene has been talking (yelling?) a lot about venues lately. The firestorm started with Death to the Sun coordinator Ricardo Guerrero’s bold…
When Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez tapped one of his close confidantes to lead the county’s fire department, he ignored 29 other applicants to pick a guy who once booted African-Americans out of Miami’s fire union. No one was interviewed — not even Haitian-American Karls Paul-Noel, who was interim chief until…
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 gloats about the dropping of criminal charges against African-American Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones. When Michelle Spence-Jones was being…
Recently, Crossfade covered local musician and promoter Ricardo Guerrero’s declaration that “Miami Venues Suck Dick.” The scintillating article managed to pile up a total of 117 comments. Some people agreed with Guerrero’s statement. Others tried to offer suggestions to grow this little scene. It’s a classic underground music fight, and…
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards show was packed full of “entertaining” surprises. It was revealed that Beyonce is preggers, Rick Ross paints quietly like Bob Ross, and Rebecca Black doesn’t know how to do the Dougie. Of course, the confounding fashion decisions were perhaps the most memorable part of…
The morning of August 21, a pesky intruder found itself caged in the lush back yard of Richard Chervony’s three-bedroom residence in North Bay Village. Bearing its fangs and emitting a guttural growl, the creature spied Chervony with its black doll eyes. Its furry, salt-and-pepper body and bald, pink tail…
Read the remaining entries from Roofless Records, Bleeding Palm, and Crossfade’s road trip diary. Voice of the Valley Noise Rally Report #1 Richmond, VA 8/26/2011 This is Crossfade and Bleeding Palm reporting from Richmond, Virginia on the road to Voice of the Valley Noise Rally 2011.Despite the still-looming threats of…
When Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor got $5,000 in city funds for an event she was organizing, she promised some of the proceeds would be used to help poor parents pay for their children’s day care. But in reality, the only child who benefited was Taylor’s adult daughter, according to a…
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…
PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — obviously doesn’t care about the ethical treatment of human eyeballs because they’ve decided to mix images of animal torture with porn. Yes, porn.Taking their “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign a few gazillion steps further, PETA has signed…
A recent survey of 300 registered voters in Hialeah shows that “La Ciudad Que Progresa” thinks the president and Florida’s governor both suck. The poll, paid by the Hialeah firefighters union, finds that 54 percent and 51 percent of the respondents disapprove of Obama and Scott, respectively. Obama received a…
Ass-claps and monster storms — two noteworthy phenomena that define Miami. And there’s no better way to get your fix than a hurricane party celebrating Irene’s apparent attack on our town. If there were an “ass-clapping” genre, local DJ, producer, and label owner Jesse Perez would top its charts. His…
