Uncle Luke, 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 says politicians need to start reading more. Last week, the developers of Miami Worldcenter, the massive $1.5 billion…
Lists are a big deal. Hate them or love them, they’re successful enough that corporate overlords at media companies of all stripes have handed down firm marching orders calling for lists with haste, creativity, and military-like regularity. But when the vaunted Michelin Guide for New York City — one of…
Uncle Luke, 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 commends elected officials who support police body cameras. Local politicians and union bosses opposed to putting body cameras…
Miami today is replete with truffle oil fries, Brussels sprouts studded with pork bits, and fried-egg-crowned burgers. From the beach to the suburbs, from north to south, scores of restaurants all serve the same predictably heavy fare under the gastropub banner. The concept was borne of England’s pub culture. Chefs…
Many people are shocked and disgusted by the alleged abuse Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson inflicted on his 4-year-old son. He’s been indicted in Montgomery, Texas, for reckless and negligent injury to a child because he whupped his son’s backside with a switch, leaving the boy with open wounds and…
PLUR Warrior Can’t handle the beads: Everything about the article about Lady Casa and her move to bring “peace, love, unity, and respect” to EDM (“Kandi Kulture,” Ben Westhoff, September 18) shows why our culture will never be taken seriously as a youth movement. Or maybe I’m just bitter because…
Uncle Luke, 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 explains why Adrian Peterson isn’t out of the ordinary. Many people are shocked and disgusted by the alleged…
The Overtown Optimist Club Rattlers have practiced here since 1993. They’ve won four national championships and produced not only model citizens but astounding athletes. For example, there’s former Rattler Dave Thomas, a cornerback who earned a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants. Then there’s Ben Hanks, who played…
Wrestling to the Top That junk is fake: Local wrestler Ernest Valdes’ dreams of getting to the top of the WWE are understandable (“Contender,” Allie Conti, September 11), but I don’t understand how so many people can still tune in to watch pro wrestling. It’s a competition between grown-ass men…
It should surprise no one that the domestic-violence case of Baltimore Ravens’ star running back Ray Rice blew up in the NFL’s face. Professional sports leagues operate in an alternate reality where misdeeds go unpunished until video or audio evidence surfaces. League Commissioner Roger Goodell and Ravens President Dick Cass…
After football practice at Overtown’s Williams Park each day, 13-year-old wide receiver Gerald Johnson walks off the grassy field with sweat sluicing down his forehead. “Bye, Fat Albert,” his buddies call. That’s Gerald’s nickname, even though he’s skinny as a twig. He tucks soggy shoulder pads into a bag and…
Uncle Luke, 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 explains why the NFL is out of control. It should surprise no one that the domestic-violence case of…
Things aren’t what they seem at Basil Park, the airy 4-month-old bistro in Sunny Isles Beach. A dollop of sour cream atop some tacos has no dairy. It’s made from cashews soaked overnight in water, pur�ed with yeast and live bacteria, and then fermented for 12 hours to create a…
Now that the NFL season is finally underway, it’s time for the sports media to leave football player Michael Sam the hell alone. Since he came out in February, the press hasn’t stopped harping on the fact that Sam is the first openly gay player to make it to the…
The Art of a Heist Matisse who?: I really want to see the people who actually believe the stolen Henri Matisse painting at the center of an international police search is really worth $4 million (“Vanishing Point,” Michael E. Miller, September 4). I can’t swing a dead cat without hitting…
In a low-slug strip mall near Krome Avenue in Homestead, the steel-and-glass front door of La Michoacana Paleter�a y Never�a swings open into an orange-and-gray-tiled shop. A half-dozen flat-screen TV sets blare Spanish-language news and telenovelas as you make your way to a long display case holding row after row…
Uncle Luke, 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 addresses the media’s obsession with the NFL’s first openly gay player. Now that the NFL season is finally…
The rust-hued gravy enveloping tender, slightly gamey braised rabbit is a textbook winter dish. The salty bacon matchsticks and tangy, sweet prunes are intensely satisfying, especially paired with a Belgian tripel ale so deeply colored that sunlight doesn’t pass through. But on a Miami summer night, as the thermometer hovers…
Tiny-but-tranquil Miami Shores isn’t often rocked by controversy, but a vote last month that failed to endorse gay marriage has turned neighbor against neighbor. After the North Dade town’s mayor, Herta Holly, and two others killed a resolution in July that would have supported marriage equality, which is bubbling its…
WorldStarHipHop’s The Field: Miami is a must-see video. The documentary is one of the top films about this city ever. It ranks up there with Rakontur’s The U. And I’m not just saying that because I am featured in both movies. The Field: Miami really captures the harsh reality of…
Mother Lode Laugh and a half: Your cover story about the quest to find pyramids in the Everglades (“Raiders of the Lost Swamp, Nathaniel Sandler, August 28) was a good read. If there is an afterlife, those two dead treasure hunters are probably laughing their asses off. It is 40…
Help Blowfly save his house! Give to the Indiegogo campaign by 3 a.m. Eastern time tonight. The following is an account of the strangest routed tour in my 10 years with Blowfly through San Jose, Costa Rica to Baltimore, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Long Branch, New Jersey, Seattle, and in Canada, Victoria…
