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. Today, Luke comes to Cam Newton’s defense.There is a campaign to destroy the reputation of Auburn Tigers quarterback Cam Newton, and…
Letters from the issue of November 11, 2010
Democrats got tea-bagged
Miami’s vultures go to court
When it was announced that Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian had successfully taken our fair city of Miami, and that Kourtney and Kim would set there sites on taking New York in the next step of Kardashian world domination, we wondered who would miss this silly little show? Sorority sisters was…
Ahh, our favorite hip-hop ho Kat Stacks has laid claim to some of the biggest hip-hop scandals since her predecessor, Karrine Steffans (AKA Superhead) aired her dirty laundry in a tell-all book entitled Confessions of a Video Vixen in 2005, published by none other than Harpers Collins. High class, baby!…
The Latin Grammy awards are upon us once again. It’s a night when the hottest stars in the Hispanic entertainment cosmos gather together in one spot. And this year, that spot is … Where else? Sin City. They couldn’t have picked a better locale. Last year’s show in La La…
Staying power on Miami’s nightclub scene is a pretty rare thing. Parties like Bandits, Collision, Static, Flamingo, Murk’d, and Sugar Free Fridays couldn’t even make it to one year. All of those aforementioned parties had something to offer, and there was nothing wrong with any of them. They just came…
Did you know that last Wednesday was National Sandwich Day? I did, but didn’t tell anyone.This week is National Pasta Week. No, wait — I think that might have been last week. This month is definitely National Sticky Peanut Butter Month. And possibly Boysenberry Jam Month too.So the question is:…
The Village of Palmetto Bay’s new mayor might have been at the center of one of the biggest scandals to rock Miami’s most recognizable homeless charity, Camillus House. Peter England, who faces Shelley Stanczyk in a November 16 runoff, was Camillus’s government relations director in 2004 when a former employee…
Short Order occasionally takes time out to share our considerable marketing expertise with those who may or may not need our help. It’s admittedly a specialized marketing expertise, one that focuses solely on providing memorable mottos that brand restaurants with a strongly identifiable concept. We only ask that the restaurateurs…
There were rumors that father-son chef duo Norman and Justin Van Aken had been fired from Norman’s 180 a couple weeks ago. So we decided to stalk em. Or at least their Twitter.Yes, this is indeed sick and disturbing behavior, but someone had to put the rumors to bed. Norman…
“Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies. Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed up with Domino’s to develop a new line of pizzas with…
Letters from the issue of November 4, 2010
NFL helmet hits are OK
We’ve always dreamed of county commission meeting days when we wouldn’t have to hear another “can I get a skinny minute” from Dorrin Rolle. We’ve been waiting for the Ghetto Governor to get kicked out of County Hall since we profiled him in 2006. As we do the electric slide…
Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing … Lil Wayne’s release from Riker’s Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison…
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. Today, Luke reflects on last night’s election results. I have to congratulate the Tea Party. They came out in numbers…
Watching last night’s election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2010 election was a complete buzz kill.While votes…
Shores is one of the newer additions to the ever-expanding catalogue over at No Idea Records. Comprised of Brian Przybylski on guitars, vocals and bass, alongside John Massel on drums, this duo’s debut album, Coup de Grace, has been two years in the making and it will finally be released…
Read the Johnny Salton memorial piece from this week’s print edition of New Times. The Psycho Daisies Pushin’ Up Daisies (Sublapse Records) psychodaisies.com Arguably more of an EP than an LP, this vinyl-only release contains seven tracks of the finest blues-influenced psychedelic punk rock that you will ever come across…
On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to realize the healing power…
