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Smvt’s Ale Campos on Writing Punk Taylor Swift Songs

Why does Ale Campos pronounce her band's name, Smvt, as smut? "When I first started the band, it was me playing aggressive music by myself," she says. "It was really heavy. Smut was the most intense, gross word I could think of to describe those feelings," Campos explained. Campos is Miami born...
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Conservatives Freak Out at Miami Cheesecake Factory Over MAGA Hat Incident

A brave, free-speech MAGA warrior is under attack, America. Eugenior Joseph, a Miami native and former Westwood Christian School basketball star, says he walked into the Cheesecake Factory at Dadeland Mall with his girlfriend's family on Mother's Day wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat, sat down, and was — we can barely muster the strength to utter these words — ridiculed by the staff for supporting President Trump.
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University of Miami Rape Investigator Quietly Fired for Hitting On Students

As the director of judicial affairs at the University of Miami from 2008 to 2016, Associate Dean of Students William A. "Tony" Lake investigated rape and sexual assault complaints. When he left in 2016, many assumed it was connected to a mishandled rape case that drew national press. Lake punished then-student David Jia for allegations that police later found to be false and was also separately accused of mishandling a different case by telling a victim to simply "avoid" her alleged rapist on campus.
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Eight Times Ron DeSantis “Accidentally” Did Racist Stuff

After enough racism scandals involving a particular political candidate, you'd think everyone might just admit that person is simply racist. Yet a whole lot of people — from bad-faith conservative pundits to easily fooled reporters — continue offering excuses for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis' infamous statement on Fox News that Andrew Gillum would "monkey... up" Florida.
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Planta Draws Stars and Raises the Standard for Vegan Food

On a recent Saturday afternoon in May, Pharrell Williams strolled through the doors of Planta (850 Commerce St., Miami Beach; 305-397-8513; plantarestaurants.com), a buzzy new vegan restaurant located off South Pointe Drive in South Beach. Hair dyed a bleach-blond and wearing a backward cap and an oversize lemon-yellow sweatshirt, the...
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Miami Cell Phone Company Agrees to Fix Huge Data-Leakage Scandal

Most cell-phone-using Americans might not be familiar with BLU, a Miami-based tech company that makes budget-level Android phones and sells them at markedly cheap prices. But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges some third-party Chinese data-collection agencies knew BLU well. The company was secretly selling phones infected with spyware...
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Miami Man in Jail for Weed Wins $730K After Losing Kidney

Pascual Diaz-Plasencia was arrested on misdemeanor drug possession charges June 29, 2012, after police caught him with less than 20 grams of marijuana. Diaz-Plasencia had recently undergone a kidney transplant and had to take a set of pills twice daily to ensure his body didn't reject the organ.
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Fontainebleau’s Aged Beef Costs Hundreds but Is Worth It

Hidden from the glittering chandeliers of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach's lobby, almost $2 million worth of high-grade beef slowly decomposes each year. Find it by escaping the hotel's foyer through a camouflaged door and descending a short staircase into a hallway with piping and wires running overhead. Snaking through the...
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Forgotten Troubadour Rodriguez Makes South Florida Debut

The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man introduced the world to the forgotten psychedelic-folk singer Rodriguez. One viewing and you wonder how his sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan's and Donovan's, never found an audience. But time and a movie have remedied that error. Rodriguez is now touring the world and will stop at...
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Jake Shimabukuro Still Plays Ukulele Until His Fingers Hurt

Much of Shimabukuro's success over the years has been tied to his note-for-note renditions of famous rock and pop songs. (He shot to fame more than a decade ago thanks to his cover of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," one the first viral videos on YouTube.)
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Finding Significance in Small Stuff With Kelly Lee Owens

It's just past sunset in Kelly Lee Owens' London apartment, and she's palming a crystal while examining a pair of pigeons in the twilight when she's asked about “Bird,” a kalimba-infused track from her eponymous 2017 album. To Owens, it's a coincidence that gives meaning to an otherwise mundane moment.