Memorial Day ranks as one of the biggest movie-going weekends of the year. The start of summer blockbuster season, millions of theater-goers run to the multiplex to beat the heat and be one of the first to see what’s bigger, faster and funnier this year. According to NBC, The Hangover…
Sean Combs used to be famous for hanging out with The Notorious B.I.G. Now he’s famous for a bunch of stupid crap like Making the Band, a show whose cultural relevance can be measured in how funny you find Dave Chapelle’s parody. In addition to tabloid fodder like gun scandals…
At the end of March, punk music venue and multipurpose space Miami Chum Bucket opened with the chaotic roar of powerviolence virtuosos Gorilla Pussy and the wild churning of an inaugural, non-stop mosh pit. The moment marked the culmination of over a year of fundraising. But less than two months…
Last month, Complex reported that Earl Sweatshirt had been tracked down. Odd Future’s 17-year old lyrical mastermind was enrolled at the Coral Reef Academy in Samoa, an “off-shore treatment program for at-risk teenage boys.” A source said Earl had been sent there by his mom because of his “disrespectful music…
With the help of local boy Udonis Haslem, the Heat nailed the Bulls last night 85-75. Now we come back to Miami for re-ignition of this NBA Eastern Conference Finals sausage fest on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Since we’re foodies, not sports handicappers, we decided to do a “playoff” of…
Remember vinyl LPs? Well, back in the day, album cover design used to be very important work. And there were some pretty sweet masterpieces. But as any crate digger can tell you, for every brilliant piece of art, there were dozens of embarassingly crappy ones. The ’70s and ’80s, in…
Odd Future had to cut their May 16 Detroit show short when “some asshole decided to continue to throw GLASS BOTTLES [sic] on stage.” The incident happened shortly after the “I’m opening a church to sell coke and Led Zeppelin” line from Tyler the Creator’s Bastard track, “French.” Not surprisingly, Odd…
Fox News’ Sean Hannity dedicated 10-minutes of his program last night to shit on Common, and criticize Michelle Obama for inviting the “controversial rapper and poet” to her White House Poetry Night.In typical “fair and balanced” fashion, Hannity even invited two black guys to discuss the “running list of controversial…
Remember Fall Out Boy, that quartet of silly midwestern emo dudes who shoved power chords down our throats in the early 2000s? Well, they’re on an indefinite hiatus. (Blame it on Ashley “Yoko” Simpson.) But their longtime chubby frontman, Patrick Stump, has a solo album due out this summer, and…
Sometimes you’re so hungry you believe you can devour everything on a menu and then some. The next time that feeling hits, head to one of these restaurants to take on an epic battle of man and food. Your friends might say they are disgusted after watching you muck down…
In honor of that annual American tradition taking place Saturday at 6:24 p.m, the Kentucky Derby, Short Order has compiled a list of the top five dishes made with the dinner of champions: horse meat. Now, before you let your preconceived notions and ethnocentric American ideals take over, check out…
Crossfade loves a good laugh at the wonderful, weird range of human expression. Hence, last week’s deep anthropological studies on the phenomena that are these five crazy dances. Or the amazingness that is Mexican tribal guarachero and its related fashion. But that was just scratching the surface in the contemporary world…
Despite repeated CPR attempts by Nas, it appears hip-hop officially flatlined last week, suffering a painful, humiliating death at the hands of an assailant known as Soulja Boy. The murderer suffers from a massive delusional disorder and he’s known for many inexplicable acts, such as smearing Wite-Out all over his sunglasses, basically…
Happy Cinco de Mayo, chingones! Pardon our French — er, Mexican — but tequila does that to you. Anyway, that fifth day of May is upon us once again. And you know what that means … It’s time to boisterously celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day. Even though that’s not really until…
There’s no better way to express pure joy than the art of song. So when the news broke on Sunday that Obama had killed Osama, a giddy mob of superpatriotic Americans flocked to special spots like the White House, Ground Zero, and Times Square to musically convey its overwhelming excitement…
Upon reading Billboard’s report that crappy rap-country mish-masher Kid Rock received a Great Expectations Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Sunday, our first reaction was, WTF? People still listen to Kid Rock? Our second thought was, WTF? How has Kid Rock advanced anything other than the general…
Unless you’ve been holed up in a $1 million dollar compound without phone, internet, or cable service, you’ve heard the news … Osama bin Laden is dead. Yesterday, the mass-murdering founder of Al Qaeda, Most Wanted Man in the Universe, facial-hair aficionado, evil millionaire, and general asshole was shot through…
Yesterday, my Crossfade colleague Sean Levisman alerted us to the five dumbest dance styles of the 21st Century. And while daggering and choque are fairly creepy examples of taking sex (and sexual injury) onto the dance floor, I firmly believe that simulated sex is an integral part of breaking it…
Had enough of the Kate and William mania? Ohhh no, you haven’t! Look for the tacky souvenirs — from replicas of Kate’s engagement ring to a toilet loo seat sporting the happy couple’s likeness. That’s all fine, but we like tchotchkes you can eat! Happily, there’s everything from jellybeans to pizza…
We here at Crossfade have done extensive scientific research, compiled the stats, and our report on the correlation between photogenic faces and funniness is ready. The conclusion: Good-looking people with nice tans and beautiful hair are never ever fucking funny. Especially Louis Aguirre. For proof, see the cut and sit…
Miami is inseparable from her nightlife and clubs. But she’s also a gold-digging, glamor-drunk whore. Ninety percent of the establishments around town (especially in South Beach) cater to people with a truly masochistic approach to nightlife, and it’s all because of that inane Miamian need to feel VIP. They love…
Jay-Z, whom you might recall is Miami’s most-wanted gangbanger, recently came to the realization that transitioning from an executive position in the music industry, owning a sports team, publishing a book, overseeing a clothing line, managing a bunch of clubs, and kicking it with Oprah wasn’t enough to keep him…
