File under just another day at the office. Cristina Moguel, general manager of John Martin’s Restaurant and Irish Pub, relates this story of a memorable drunk.”This chick took our toilet seat out of the handicapped stall and ran out with it. She was wasted. I had to chase her out…
The artist known as Matthew Dear has got some serious (but not too serious) identity issues. I mean, it’s not as if his psychic split is the acid-activated, lock-myself-away-for-30-years-and-die Syd Barrett variety. It’s more that, musically, Dear is way too complex to be merely one man. And so, like a…
I just got a message from Kris Pabon of the Southernaires who sent me this link to their newest EP Doom Years. It’s really really really amazingly good. It has frantic moments, hilarious moments (including a random electro-soca breakdown in the middle of “20 Miles”) and some hints of Beach…
Donatella Arpaia, Restaurateur, Eos, and Creator and Owner, Donatella Food CollectionOne of my best dining experiences happened during a trip to Rome many years ago. I had heard and read about La Rosetta, one of the first restaurants in Rome to serve fish and seafood only. It is named after…
He’s so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front. ~Milton BerleThere’s a pizza place near where I live that only sells slices. In the back, you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air. ~Steven WrightCandy Corn is the only…
Here’s a video of Miami’s own Hemlock playing a song called “Sweet Sweet Music,” and sounding like a disco version of the Allman Brothers. The movie appears to be a shoddy film to digital transfer. Click the HQ button at the bottom of the player to watch it in high…
Manuvers and Induce are part of the Hometeam series of podcasters that I blogged about last week. The current edition from Induce is a blast that really digs into some awesome soul, funk, and other classic black musical forms, highlighting the local DJ’s encyclopedic knowledge of music. In fact it’s…
Last week, we reported on “Secure Communities,” a new national program that links local detention centers into a national database of illegal aliens. In our story, critics of the plan said it might cause racial profiling. If cops know that anyone they book into custody gets run through an immigration database,…
Part of our ongoing series of snappy slogan suggestions for local restaurateurs. Solea at the W in South Beach: At last: An upscale Mediterranean restaurant in a fancy hotel!Area 31: No dude, we’re not about UFO’s.La Paloma: John McCain says our ambiance reminds him of his great-grandmother’s house!Asia de Cuba:…
Deportation Debate The government is wrong: “Immigrant Crackdown” (Tim Elfrink, July 2) got it right. It is not just violent criminals who are put on immigration hold. I know three people who were deported for driving without a license. The authorities are tearing families apart. My husband is an immigrant,…
He didn’t win the mayor’s seat in 2005, but Spanish-language radio host Enrique Santos is considering a second run at public office.The popular shock jock, who mans the morning show for La Kalle 98.3, is looking to join the already crowded race to take over Miami City Commissioner Joe Sanchez’s…
Jonathan Eismann’s Pacific Time in the Miami Design District is just over a year old. According to Eismann, it reminds him of his old Lincoln Road location (back when the outdoor mall was an empty strip). “In a lot of ways, it’s very similar. I remember Lincoln Road in ’93…
When New Times got with DJ A-Train a few months back, the neo-classicist head spinner was holding court every Tuesday night at the Vagabond’s beat-crazy Stone Groove, and every Saturday for the same joint’s long-running Back Door Bamby. Well, guess what? He’s still holding it down at Bamby, but has…
No, this has pretty much nothing to do with the martyred gay San Francisco city supervisor. The quattet Harvey Milk may have, in its name, nodded in tribute to that man, but that’s where any political notions end for this band. Rather, this sludgy, experimental noise-rock-type act spews forth the…
If you’ve never heard of Jimmy Smith the great jazz organ player than you’re probably like most people alive today, but he’s considered one of the best to have ever touched the keys and according to this concert preview from a July 1988 issue of New Times, he did it…
Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Best-sellers for the week of June 28- July 3Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1. Wilco, Wilco2. Subliminal Sessions, Erick Morillo3. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews…
Miami Police this morning are reporting 12 people shot in Overtown. Details are really vague, but it seems a group of three wearing black clothes shot into a crowd at a birthgday party. In addition, one person was hit by a car. Police Chief John Timoney reported AK-47 casings were…
The motto is “Nothin’ but the goods.” And like some punch-drunk baby boxer beating a gong with bare bloody fists, the seven-week-old Champion Sound throwdown brings the noise in a big way. For proof of pure party acumen, just take a quick and dirty MySpace tour with a few members…
Lieutenant Ignatius “Iggy” Carroll, Public Information Officer for the City of Miami Fire Department, didn’t mess around when asked to play guinea pig for a story on July 4th eats. He suggested his old stomping grounds, Station 9 in Little Haiti.Lemon City’s finest may not have the iconic pole, but it’s safe…
What happens when a wayward cop goes unpunished for a blatant crime? Ask Sgt. Juan E. Mendez. Last month a citizen oversight group considered the 92nd complaint filed against the officer in his 25-year career.Those complaints include: 22 for excessive use of force, 22 for discourtesy, 20 for abusive treatment…
Because I penned two posts on corrupt businessman Antonio Junior earlier this week, former New Times scribe Kirk Nielsen turned me on to an opinion piece he wrote for Poder magazine last year. My sometime wingman suggested that tainted political campaign contributions be returned to taxpayers. And when I say “tainted,”…
Sign on bakery window: Cake 66 cents; upside-down cake 99 cents.Diner: Waiter, do you have any lobster tails?Waiter: Certainly, sir. Once upon a time there was a little lobster…Sign at dairy farm: You can whip our cream, but you can’t beat our milk.One thing is for certain about organic farms:…
