More than likely, Rudy Eugene was on a bad acid trip, according to Miami police union chief Armando Aguilar. Eugene’s the naked man who was gnawing the face of a half-naked homeless man on the MacArthur Causeway near the Miami Herald headquarters Saturday afternoon. A Miami police officer shot and…
Florida is notorious for Medicare fraud, and we also have more than our fair share of food stamp fraud. At least Miami residents can console themselves with the fact that our food stamp defrauders are not as shameless as those in other states.EBT cards, modern-day food stamps, are being traded…
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…
Sell out … The words no respectable rock ‘n’ roller ever wants to hear and the bane of forward-thinking ad agencies across the country. Of course, dance-rock geniuses LCD Soundsystem would never sell out their silver sound. So when T.G.I. Friday’s needed a song like “Daft Punk Is Playing at…
Blacks Support Gay Marriage
Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower Needs to Go
The Great Recession has NASA grounded. It’s so bad that they are letting private companies in on the space exploration game. But maybe the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can be helped with a couple of old school tricks: a car wash and a bake sale. On June 9, several…
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. In this special edition of his column, Luke explains the new security measures for Memorial Day Weekend on Miami Beach.This is…
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 explains why blacks are cool with gay people tying the knot.When he announced that he backs gay…
One of the coolest things about our office is that PR reps practically break down our door with new stuff they want to send to us.Like, molecular gastronomy kits, for example.The kit, called, Molecular CUISINE R-Evolution arrived and we thought to ourselves, “let’s give it a shot.” We tried three…
The longtime executive director of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust is retiring after a decade of overseeing local services for the county’s destitute. During his tenure, David Raymond has spearheaded the development of dozens of shelters with over 7,000 beds throughout the county, leading to a sharp decrease in the number of…
Exxxotica Expo 2012 hits the Miami Beach Convention Center this weekend.If you’re going, expect to find gorgeous men and women wearing everything from full bondage leather to nothing but a little duck tape (we don’t want to be around when she pulls the tape off). In addition to seminars discussing…
In an effort to force citizens to make healthier choices, a few countries have instituted a “fat tax” or “junk food tax,” which requires consumers to shell out more for unhealthy foods. So far, Denmark and Hungary have done so. France has so far restricted its levy to sweetened drinks.Health…
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…
See also “Deadmau5 on DJ Pauly D: Has No Talent, ‘Typical Bottle-Popping, Play-Pressing Garbage.'” You know why non-EDM fans don’t take DJing seriously as an art form? It’s because celebrities keep ruining everything. When shit went digital in the mid 2000s, it was the coolest thing to happen since Grandmaster…
Miami Beach’s most controversial resident is ready for his close up. Thomas Kramer, the billionaire German developer who reshaped the South Beach skyline with glitzy condos, has made a reality show television pilot. After watching it on Youtube, we want more.In the episode, the 56-year-old playboy is preparing for one…
Justin Bieber Is on the Edge of Crazy
Calling Obama “Too Cool” Isn’t Racist
See also “Afrojack Says He ‘Didn’t Know Shit’ About Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut” — plus “Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut Sucked Balls,” “Jane Bang’s Diss Track: ‘Keep Sucking on That Afrojack Dick,'” and “DJ Paris Hilton Pisses Off Samantha Ronson and Deadmau5.” Electro is so dead. When Madonna jumped on the…
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 forMiami New Times. This week, Luke warns that Justin Bieber might be on a dark path similar to the one followed by other young…
Don’t be fooled by his laid-back California surfin’ schtick or occasional impersonation of a “racially ambiguous homeboy” … The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston isn’t some hippie in love with the Democratic party and Obama. In fact, he thinks our nation’s first black president is “an asshole” who’s planning to bankrupt…
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…
