Nothing Spells Hip and Health-Conscious Like Plasma TVsNFL All-Timer Rudi Johnson and Dolphins running back Ricky Williams will be co-owners (along with the Hospitality Development Management Group) of PROOF, a “hip new health-conscious restaurant and lounge set within the inviting breezeway area of Z Ocean Hotel South Beach”. Set to…
Brooklyn’s Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called “blog house,” the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Trouble…
The state fire marshal and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms officers were in Miami this morning investigating a fire last night at the Barton G. warehouse at 400 NE 67th St. on the Upper Eastside. The blaze destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of linens and tables after the roof caved in…
Who is Brad Paisely? He is a country music star with seven recorded studio albums, all of which have gone at least gold.According to Wikipedia, Brad Paisley graduated high school in West Virginia. That’s about as country as it gets, except for the graduating high school part. Paisley is currently…
Hello everyone! We’ve been traveling the country for about two weeks nowand here it is summed up:The fall is starting to settle, the leaves are changing and the cold weather is kicking!!! Layers are very essential at this point. The lowest temperature we’ve hit so far has been 33 degrees…
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers. Top 5 Albums for the week of October 11 – 17Sweat Records, Miami1. Monsters of Folk, Monsters of Folk 2. The xx, The xx 3. Where…
Yesterday the Orlando Sentinel published a report that Cuban immigrants who have recently arrived in the United States represent a vast majority of people getting busted for operating marijuana grow houses across the state.The article comes two years after my story on the same subject, proving that law enforcement is…
DJ Seasunz, a well established local DJ, drove around in his car with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend before turning himself into police. He’s being charged with second-degree murder and was denied bond.Miami’s best known graffiti crew, MSG, is heading to divorce court as one of the co-founders…
There’s just something odd about Oduardo “Oddy” Segui, a 40-year-old Cuban-American running against Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin.Not much has been written about the political newcomer. In an October 4 Miami Herald article, Segui informs reporter David Smiley that he owned a hotel in the Bahamas and a transportation company…
I don’t know what they are, but they’re deep-fried and you got twenty minutes to live after you eat one. ~Mel Brooks on the mini-latkes served at Junior’s Deli in West HollywoodPrices are just ridiculous. I went into a chicken place and spent ten dollars for a wing and a…
Grrrly Talk is a new feminist column serving up pop culture commentary and local music news on, for, and by those of the XX-chromosomed variety. News broke yesterday that Lady Gaga will be spending New Year’s Eve in Miami after canceling her tour with megalomaniac Kanye West earlier this month. When I…
Talula turns ItalianTalula restaurant recently launched Buon Appetito!, also known as Wednesday pasta night. “We wanted to give our diners a special taste of the type of food we love cooking at home for our families,” says Andrea Curto-Randazzo, the Italian chef/co-owner who opened Talula in 2003 with her Italian…
For five years, local duo Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson of Awesome New Republic have made hipsterized pop that sounds like some dead future from the ’80s. They self-describe as “punk, soul, R&B,” but that hardly probes the bloggy depths of the ANR enigma. It’s way more complicated than…
Talkin’ Terrorism You bet we’re a beacon: “Holy War” (Trevor Aaronson, October 8) is yet another tragic example of how this country made the decision many years ago to forego the collection of real intelligence and instead use racial profiling, torture, and fear tactics to wage its war on terror…
Click here to read past installments of our occasional Crossfade series, Mad About Miami, in which celebs dish on their favorite local spots. Shepard Fairey, the man responsible for iconic imagery such as “Obey Giant” and Obama’s “Hope” poster, made quite a splash during last year’s Art Basel, especially when he…
Memo to Miami politicos with dirt under your fingernails: It’s time for that midnight flight to Bolivia. Just do it now.The FBI fired the first warning shots earlier this month, busting three Broward politicians for corruption. Now, Gov. Charlie Crist wants a wide-ranging grand jury probe into the rest of…
A great dinner at Red Light (7700 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-757-7773) the other night of “crushed pepper seared sea scallops, roasted corn spoon bread and spicy orange drip” inspired this home-cooked riff. Zesty lemon and lime-marinated sea scallops, giant and plump, meet rich, nutty sweet corn. It comes together fast…
Short Order has three new stories for you, straight from the mouths of waitresses in a local restaurant kitchen. Here they are, unedited….The ladies requested anonymity for reasons that will become clear as you read the posts. We don’t like skipping names or restaurants, but sometimes…Story 1: Sex In Public…
*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won’t find too much coverage of the local scene here, but Ray Milian and company…
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers. Top Five Albums for the Week of October 5-10 Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z Backspacer, Pearl Jam Celebration, Madonna Kaleidoscope, Tiësto Now…
Alien Sex Fiend aka the Fucking Martians, ok we just made that up, were booked at Respectable Street Cafe in West Palm and the Cameo Theatre on Miami Beach back in 1988.The Miami New Times Concert Calendar from the week of October 12 – 18, 1988 also featured Neil Diamond,…
Columbus Day Brunch, Kamen Wine DinnerBrunch is this morning at 10:00 a.m. and runs to 4:00 p.m. at Au Pied de Cochon. And on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., the French brasserie presents a five course dinner featuring the wines of Kamen Winery, a Sonoma County vineyard owned by…
