Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why blacks are cool with gay people tying the knot.When he announced that he backs gay…
One of the coolest things about our office is that PR reps practically break down our door with new stuff they want to send to us.Like, molecular gastronomy kits, for example.The kit, called, Molecular CUISINE R-Evolution arrived and we thought to ourselves, “let’s give it a shot.” We tried three…
The longtime executive director of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust is retiring after a decade of overseeing local services for the county’s destitute. During his tenure, David Raymond has spearheaded the development of dozens of shelters with over 7,000 beds throughout the county, leading to a sharp decrease in the number of…
Exxxotica Expo 2012 hits the Miami Beach Convention Center this weekend.If you’re going, expect to find gorgeous men and women wearing everything from full bondage leather to nothing but a little duck tape (we don’t want to be around when she pulls the tape off). In addition to seminars discussing…
In an effort to force citizens to make healthier choices, a few countries have instituted a “fat tax” or “junk food tax,” which requires consumers to shell out more for unhealthy foods. So far, Denmark and Hungary have done so. France has so far restricted its levy to sweetened drinks.Health…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
See also “Deadmau5 on DJ Pauly D: Has No Talent, ‘Typical Bottle-Popping, Play-Pressing Garbage.'” You know why non-EDM fans don’t take DJing seriously as an art form? It’s because celebrities keep ruining everything. When shit went digital in the mid 2000s, it was the coolest thing to happen since Grandmaster…
Miami Beach’s most controversial resident is ready for his close up. Thomas Kramer, the billionaire German developer who reshaped the South Beach skyline with glitzy condos, has made a reality show television pilot. After watching it on Youtube, we want more.In the episode, the 56-year-old playboy is preparing for one…
Justin Bieber Is on the Edge of Crazy
Calling Obama “Too Cool” Isn’t Racist
See also “Afrojack Says He ‘Didn’t Know Shit’ About Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut” — plus “Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut Sucked Balls,” “Jane Bang’s Diss Track: ‘Keep Sucking on That Afrojack Dick,'” and “DJ Paris Hilton Pisses Off Samantha Ronson and Deadmau5.” Electro is so dead. When Madonna jumped on the…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be forMiami New Times. This week, Luke warns that Justin Bieber might be on a dark path similar to the one followed by other young…
Don’t be fooled by his laid-back California surfin’ schtick or occasional impersonation of a “racially ambiguous homeboy” … The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston isn’t some hippie in love with the Democratic party and Obama. In fact, he thinks our nation’s first black president is “an asshole” who’s planning to bankrupt…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Metta World Peace Is a Scumbag
Rove’s Obama Attack Ad: Subliminal Racism
Most of you remember ‘pink slime’ don’t you? That nasty little recipe that was being used by many fast food restaurants and passed off as straight up beef to us ignorant folk?Well, there’s another very popular and equally anonymous food product ingredient, “meat glue,” that you should know about…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says Mitt Romney and Karl Rove are a couple of uncool tools.Karl Rove’s super PAC, American Crossroads,…
Rihanna has no filter. She’ll tweet about her porn habits, rocksee-through shirts in New York City, and call her abusive ex-boyfriend a “bitch.” Last night, however, the Barbadian songstress committed a major faux pas. The 24-year-old singer announced that she and 36-year-old Rick Ross were going to have a baby,…
His name was not yet Paco de Lucia. The year is 1958. A portable Zenith Royal 500D transistor radio blares flamenco on the dock of a bustling fishing port in southwestern Spain. Seagulls circle, schooners and charter boats sit anchored, and tough-looking men begin to unload cargo. The air is…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke stands up for Metta World Peace. I have a message for NBA overlord David Stern: Free Metta…
