The last year or so has been tough for our city’s paper of record, where I used to work. Reporters at the Miami Herald have gotten the shaft, and editors have been forced to do double duty. But hey, guys, please cover the City of Miami. It is the wheel around…
With the primary election less than a month away, Riptide is doing its civic duty by letting readers know about the five worst candidates running in local, state, and federal races. A vote for these jokers is just another leap toward Idiocracy, the made-up future world conjured by Beavis &…
The ratings for last night’s Miami-set premier of Jersey Shore season two are in, and they’ve broken records. Amongst advertiser’s favorite demographics it was the most watched cable program of 2010, and the biggest MTV premier in ages. We’d pop bottles to celebrate, but sadly the unique goddess known as…
If I thought that Orion had solidified his bones with his work with Elastic Bond, I was certainly humbled and pleasantly surprised by his first solo effort, Esperanza. It was a sweet dose of chemically balanced hip-hop that not only paid respect to his Caribbean roots, but used them as a…
Just a few months ago everything was right in the world. South Beach was home to its own particular brand of party trash, and the world’s most famous guidos and guidettes were in their native Long Island/Statan Island/Rhode Island settings. Then MTV shook everything up and decided to set Snooki,…
When I first saw The Miami Herald front page headline this morning — “It’s Time To Add The ‘Spice'”, I thought reporter Elaine Walker was copying Short Order’s tallying of which restaurants were worth going to for Spice and which weren’t. But there was no critical commentary involved — probably…
DJ Spinna (no relation to New York based hip-hop producer of the same name) is a young gunn in the DJ game, but it seems that at age 17, he’s further along than his competition. Good song selection, quality graphic,s and great mixing — these are all elements that DJ…
As you may have heard, M.I.A. has a new album out. She also performed a string of North American tour dates before jetting off to Europe for the summer festival circuit. Part of that schedule originally included a set at Hard Summer Festival in Los Angeles and New York.Unfortunately, for…
Are you prepared for the most important night in Miami pop culture history? MTV unleashes the second season of Jersey Shore tonight at 10. It follows everyone’s favorite guidos as they hook up, drink, and fight their way through South Beach. This might bring a tiny bit of shame to…
A salary survey of 1,400 culinary professionals by StarChefs.com shows that Miami and New York executive chefs were paid more in 2009 than their counterparts in other U.S. cities. The average salary for an executive chef here was reported at $101,400 — not far from New York’s $101,500 and about…
Afrobeta needs little introduction to Crossfade readers, but the band is finally and deservedly gaining some serious international traction. Of course, there was that performance at the massive Glastonbury festival, and a gig with Booka Shade in Ibiza (!) around the same time. Now, they’ve also got a PR representation…
When he was a county commissioner, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla would pass the time spewing hate at Alex Penelas, who was elected Miami-Dade’s first executive mayor in 1996. Four years later, when he announced on March 29, 2000, his run for mayor against Penelas, Diaz de la Portilla got…
Hamid Karzai likely had Louis Maxwell killed, Part 3
Letters from the issue of July 29, 2010
Michelle Spence-Jones is innocent, dummy!
Ortanique’s Web site has an “Accolades” tab. One click on it lists 23 excellence awards. Esquire Magazine named it “Best New Restaurant in America.” And the eatery was placed on Zagat’s Top 10 Best Restaurant List nine times. The New Times has even shown its love more than once. Our…
Today, the Miami Herald splashed one of those Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce promotional brochures on the newspaper’s homepage and called it journalism. Citing a report by Miami’s Downtown Development Authority claiming condo sales increased 110 percent over the first six months of 2009, chamber spokeswoman reporter Toluse Olorunnipa proclaims,…
We’re Not Gay but the Music Is! (Self-released)gcib.com I think by now, in these recurring Blasts From the Past, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion that South Florida has long been a a breeding ground for fringe acts who are heavy on the humor. Aside from the acerbic Black Irish humor…
At least one member of every reality show has to come out with a token pop single after his or her 15 minutes are over. It’s a rule. So cross this to-do off the Jersey Shore cast list with the latest painful announcement.Surprisingly, it’s not Pauly D, who, as a…
We’re just two days away from the what’s shaping up to be the most important moment in Miami-set TV show history since the premiere of Miami Vice. Yes, the start of Season 2 of Jersey Shore. The LA Times visited the set in May and came back with “exclusive” behind-the-scenes footage…
How do you get rap gold at this very moment? Easy equation. Add Rick Ross, flying high onnew albumTeflon Don’s critical claim and store-register success, to anything involving Nicki Minaj. Voila, the Boss’ take on Nicki’s track “Your Love,” which leaked to the Internet about six months ago.Parent label Universal…
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. This week, Luke revisits the ongoing saga of suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.Turns out Michelle Spence-Jones was telling the truth…
