While adding local blog RSS feeds from the Crossfade blogroll to my Google Reader, I noticed a disturbing number of dead links, which made me momentarily sad. Props to The 305, South Florida Classical Review, Radio-Active Records, The HoneyComb, South Florida Punk, Penned Madness, Crown the South, Sweat Records and…
The despicable Communist Party newspaper in Havana, Granma, yesterday posted an article (here in English) on its homepage about this week’s Posada Carrriles column that I wrote. They seem to like me. It’s rather annoying.One difference between the English and Spanish. While the English version just reports what I said…
En un club de Westchester, un hombre de 82 años habla con un grupo de amigos. No hay mucha luz, pero se notan sus ojos azules, cejas grises, y panza grande. Habla con amigos y a veces sonríe. Parece un típico viejo – con una excepción: sus brazos, pecho, y…
President Obama has officially nominated a candidate to take over as U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida: former Janet Reno aide Wilfredo Ferrer.Ferrer, who currently works for Miami-Dade County, becomes the first Cuban-American lawyer nominated by a Democrat to the slot. He’ll need confirmation from the Senate before…
Miami’s hard rock scene is pitifully low on estrogen. Enter Crimson, a local six-piece that’s been playing together in one form or another for the past few years, but only recently has started kicking it into high gear. The backbone of the band are the married couple (awww) of guitarist…
Letters from the issue of February 25, 2010
Luke’s Gospel: Fire Erik Spoelstra
Cuban killer Luis Posada Carriles goes on trial
On December 21, 1995, Lynn Hartrick received a sweetheart deal of a lifetime. The Homestead Community Redevelopment Agency gave the city’s code enforcement officer deed to an 11,000-square-foot empty lot at 136 NW First St. Selling price: A buck.Hartrick developed a two-bedroom single story residence on the land, then sold…
So Banana Republican just got word from a friendly political insider who attended Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s state of the county address today that Carlito El Fuerte was introduced to the tune of Superman’s theme music. Bad choice.He’s really more like Superman’s monotone, zombified clone Bizarro — full of superpowers but…
For a while there, I was completely convinced that the young men of the Axe and the Oak would waste away in the studio, eternally tinkering with the production of their forthcoming debut album. And then, I recently got word that the album is, indeed, ready to go! This track,…
For years, Lew Freeman was Miami’s go-to “forensic accountant” — the numbers guy who cleaned up the mess when a high-profile company imploded. As detailed in Jay Weaver’s excellent profile back in October, Freeman gave to charities, boosted the University of Miami and palled around with politicos. When then-Commissioner Joe…
Miami Lakes Councilman Richard Pulido is a petulant bully who thinks state and town laws don’t apply to him, judging from his abrasive behavior with other town officials. Councilman George Lopez and town clerk Marjorie Tejeda claim Pulido has been harassing and threatening them over the past three months. “He…
For more than a decade, North Bay Village Mayor Oscar Alfonso has evaded repeated attempts by city building officials and code inspectors to correct unauthorized construction work at his three bedroom house at 7520 W. Treasure Dr.And his next-door neighbor James Carter claims Alfonso will continue to thumb his nose…
Luther Campbell, AKA Uncle Luke, has never been shy about sharing his opinion. The former frontman for Miami’s wonderfully raunchy rap act 2 Live Crew made history in 1992 when the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed his right to be as horny as he wants to be. Throughout his controversial career,…
Like, for instance, loud music, especially the club-bish stuff, thumping in the background while we’re trying to dine. Don’t care much for new age tinklings in restaurants either — where are we, on the moon? Any non-acoustic live music is likewise an obstacle to peaceful eating. If I want to…
Olympic athletes sure are incredible — or at least that’s what the people on television keep telling us — but South Florida’s morons perform far more unbelievable feats on a weekly basis. We’ve had a road-raging woman complete a seven-felony dash in 3.7 seconds. An old man shot his foot…
As bored young professionals with a median age of 28, we here at Crossfade spend our days online and our nights in the club. While it’s light outside, we Twitter, blog, and stalk former sex partners on Facebook. Then, as soon as the sun goes down, we drink too much,…
Miami hasn’t had a great American Idol hope since 7th season second runner-up Syesha Marcado, but can Michelle Delamor, named to the top 24, finally bring the idol crown to South Florida?The 20-year-old is a 2006 graduate of Miami Beach Senior High and studies music and Miami-Dade College. She’s already…
Blast From the Past is a weekly column on Crossfade re-examining classic releases from Florida music of yesteryear. To read previous installments, click here.DeathLeprosy (Combat)For this installment of Blast from the Past we’ll be concentrating on Death’s second full-length album, 1988’s Leprosy. Hailing from Orlando, Death were pioneers of metal…
Ghostwridah is a native of South Miami. You know, that little corner of Dade County between the University of Miami campus and Dadeland Mall. He’s been a mainstay in Miami’s diverse hip-hop scene for years and is one of the names that you will hopefully hear a lot more of…
Here’s an MP3 for the upcoming third album by Miami’s Elastic Bond. Ringleader Andres Ponce always does a good job of imbuing his musical efforts with a keen sense of blues, Tropicalia, and little bit of funk that’s usually termed “urban,” but in my book, makes for some good listening…
