Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke starts a worldwide political movement.Around this time last year, undercover racist movement Take America Back began to take…
If you still haven’t heard of Parisian-born, Miami-based studio producer Uriel “Frenchie” Kadouch, it’s only a matter of time. His A-list accolades speak for themselves. By his early 20s he was already making beats for the likes of R&B stars Robin Thicke, Ashanti, and Cassie while also collaborating with hip-hop…
Bill Cooke hasn’t been this unhinged at the New Times since my boss photographed a mannequin wardrobe malfunction. The self-styled media watchdog behind blog Random Pixels and Loose Thoughts calls my feature on Jonathan “Ynot” Corso — the prolific graffiti artist killed in late July — a “glorifying [of] criminal…
Today, the Miami city commission has a number of special public hearings to decide the fate of the city’s budget and how to spend a whole lot of millions of dollars meant to alleviate slum and blight in Overtown and the Omni neighborhood, including a $220,000 salary and benefits package…
A couple weeks back, we introduced you to Active Child, the opening act for School of Seven Bells’ upcoming Miami show at Grand Central. But we were so busy geeking out over his choral harmonies and harp-plucking that we glossed over the main event itself.So let’s correct that: School of…
Every ho’s gotta have a hero. Even Miami’s current reigning queen of ass, Kat Stacks, looks up to someone. (Catch Kat at Dream tonight.) And if you’ve been monitoring her Twitter feed lately — but really why would you, unless you want your brain to melt? — perhaps you’ve noticed…
After last week’s special VMA edition scheduling confused us, we’re back once again recapping the poignant take of the descendants of Italian immigrants trying to make it in the tropical melting pot of Miami Beach. Yes, it’s Jersey Shore damage report time! Last night we learned never to leave our…
Yes!!! Taylor Swift just unveiled the official track list for her long awaited third album entitled Speak Now! As many of us “Swiftians” know, her last album Fearless was released two years ago and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. We’re pretty sure that her new album will do just…
Yesterday, Luis Felipe Perez, a Hialeah jeweler who federal prosecutors say swindled $40 million from victims who invested in his Ponzi scheme, agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He will have to pay up to $1 million…
Representing Miami Gardens, D. Cash has been gaining big buzz lately. His instantly recognizable raspy flow makes him memorable from the first beat. Backed by 2Flyy Entertainment, D. Cash may very well be Miami’s next break-out hip-hop star.He just dropped his latest mixtape entitled The Prequel. And in D. Cash’s…
Among the hundreds of mediocre Italian restaurants in this town, there has always been one that people claim to be a cut above the rest — Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante on Purdy Avenue in South Beach. Actually, this is the one Italian restaurant that locals rant and rave about. Do a search…
Last we checked in on Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Danielle Staub’s past in Miami, we’d established she was a model/stripper/high-class prostitute who was somehow involved in a drug-related kidnapping back in the ’80s. Now, Radar has uncovered documents that claim Staub actually tried to enter the drug dealing trade…
Twitter is a meeting place for consumers and professionals alike to share thoughts and information in less than 140 characters; all it takes is an idea and its delivery. Chefs are taking up Twitter full force across the nation and Miami is no exception. After all, the restaurant business is…
The Can’t Stand Ya’s are not exactly new to our scene. These guys have a pretty hefty punk rock rep that most of y’all will recognize if you’ve ever trolled the scene between Cheers and Churchill’s. Crew members Nick Pfrenger (bass), Todd Slimak (drums) and Adam Gloveless (guitar) used to…
A year ago we chronicled the life of Rene Martinez, a Miami Cuban American who went from gang-banging hell-raiser to a humble God-fearing MMA warrior. Since that cover story, Martinez, known by his street name “Level,” has won his first three matches as a professional and starred in a five-hour…
Fall for the Arts: Horse and dog meat for dinner
Save Jacory Harris!
Letters from the issue of September 23, 2010
LIV’s signature sky boxes are mimicked at its Sun Life Stadium outpost. Last month, Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee announced a partnership between Sun Life Stadium and Miami Marketing Group to bring the South Beach nightlife experience to Dolphins home games. Well, this diabolical concept has a name — LIV…
This week’s feature, “Marked for Death”, is the story of Jonathan “Ynot” Corso, the prolific graffiti artist who died after being run over by an Escalade in a brawl in the parking lot of a Davie strip club. But Ynot’s death was just one of dozens of violent incidents at…
This week’s feature, “Marked for Death,” is the story of Jonathan “Ynot” Corso — one of the most prolific members of Miami’s longest-running graffiti crew, MSG, recently killed in a fight in a strip club parking lot. We tried to write the story in the language of Ynot and his…
The McRackins Oddities & Eggcentricities Vol. 1 (Stiff Pole Records) www.stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed away this July in Tampa, I’ll be bouncing between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my “Blast From the Past” thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff…
