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Mickey Blows (Up)

The peripatetic Spinello just returned from Berlin where he and Agustina Woodgate having been working on an arts project at an abandoned amusement park. Issues of abandonment also loom large in a trio of solo shows Spinello is raising the curtain on in his return to the local art scene...
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Three Reasons Why Watching Sports Is for Stupids

Organized sports are bigger than ever. This is amazing, considering watching sports is a bigger waste of time than a bowel movement resulting in a Casio. Yes, the actual experience of swallowing, digesting, and excreting a digital wristwatch, has more life-enriching potential than watching the "big" game, which often is...
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Bayside Rocks Reggae Festival Canceled

We here at Crossfade were so stoked about "summon[ing] the righteousness of reggae and Jah's blessedness" (and, uh, toking on that ganja) at tomorrow's second annual Bayside Rocks Festival. But sadly, Bayfront Park's front offices have just contacted us to confirm that the 2011 editon of Bayside Rocks is officially...
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Life on Mars?

Though you're supposed to always claim a book is better than its resulting movie version, that might not be the case with the 1976 cult flick The Man Who Fell to Earth. Sure, the source material, a 1963 novel of the same title by Walter Tevis, is a decent read...
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Five Celebrities Who Should Never Write Children’s Books

Perez Hilton: Celebrity ass-kisser. MS Paint pro. Children's book author. Yes, the former Miamian and Belen Jesuit grad thinks he can appeal to kids. The result? The Boy With Pink Hair. The plot goes something like this: a little boy is different because he has pink hair and gets bullied...
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The Santaland Diaries Goes Full Sardonic on X-Mas at the Arsht Center

​The Santaland Diaries, which opened last night at the Arsht Center, is the perfect antidote for the saccharin-filled Holiday themed cheeriness that bombards our every day existence in movies, television, plays, parks and, most of all, the cathedral of mawkish X-Mas merriment -- the shopping mall.Based on the collection of...
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Turkey Point Reactors Vulnerable to Global Warming, Experts Warn

"We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise," says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a bleak picture. Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible: hurricanes are getting stronger,...
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Naoe, Joe’s, DB Make Zagat; Mango’s, Food Trucks Don’t

In 1979 Tim and Nina Zagat started asking friends to rate restaurants for fun. 33 years later, Zagat covers about two dozen restaurant-relevant cities worldwide including New York, London, San Francisco, and Miami/South Florida.The Miami/South Florida guide is based on input from 6,671 local consumers who answered Zagat's annual survey...
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Talk, Play and Lose Weight (With Ladies Lingerie Football Video)

ABC Science reported today that social sports "result in better weight loss." During a recent study, scientists found that mice involved in physical activity with a social component responded better to the exercise.How? Their bodies' composition and metabolism improved.The scientists divided the mice into groups - some were kept in...
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Diplo, Dinosaurs, and Jamaican Dancehall at LIV November 9

Diplodocuses were some of the gnarliest dinosaurs in North America. They were friendly, survived on a diet of mostly tree branches and water plants, and generally kicked it prehistorically 'round Utah and Colorado. But the Diplodocus is also the inspiration behind one of electro music's commercial heavyweights, Diplo. He's bringing...
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One Man’s Detritus

Some artists like to create works from scratch. Others prefer destroying what already exists to imbue the resulting detritus with new life. At Primary Projects, "His Wife & Her Lover" is a new exhibit based on the premise that damaging something redirects its existence. The group show features work by...