When I was a student at New York University, my boyfriend and I used to eat cheap Mexican food practically every day. At Panchito’s on MacDougal Street, you could get a giant platter of nachos and guacamole for about $6. Plus the place served alcohol to minors without batting an…
Six million of you have already endured it. Gawker asked if it was “the worst music video ever.” Meanwhile, foreign press like The Sydney Morning Herald wonders why it has overtaken the Japanese earthquake and tsunami devastation on Twitter.Of course, we’re talking about the gone-viral-for-all-the-wrong-reasons video of unknown Rebecca Black’s…
If you’ve paid any attention to television, radio, internet, or even smoke signals rising from a faraway tribe, you’ve no doubt heard a little bit about Charlie Sheen in the news lately. But let us go on record right here and now as saying that the man is, in our…
Today is it for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, who are on the verge of becoming the first county elected officials to get recalled since the ’70s. An official poll and our informal poll show the two politicians are going down for the count, victims of…
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 Rick Scott is helping the criminal justice system keep African-Americans down. Last week, Florida Gov…
There’s this shared fantasy among neo-hippies, blissed-out druggies, and naïve first-time festival-goers that three-day music extravaganzas like Ultra Music Festival are all about fun and friendship. But here’s the real deal: The music festival experience is an arduous and often dangerous 72-hour trip into a deep, dance-y heart of darkness…
“This is a Miami restaurant,” Emeril’s Miami Beach’s new executive chef, Tim Doolittle, said to Clean Plate Charlie. It was by way of explaining why Emeril’s, named after New Orleans’ most recognized chef, doesn’t serve much in the way of food from that city. “It’s owned by a guy who became famous…
Natacha Seijas can feel good about one thing as she fights her recall. The campaign is creating work for one of her pals in a rough economy. The county commissioner’s anti-recall political action committee has spent $100,411 — nearly half of Seijas’ war chest — through Creative Ideas Advertising Inc.,…
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. In this special online edition, Luke encourages Miami-Dade residents to exercise your right to vote the bums out of office.People…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken in Miami-Dade County in the week previous. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain-out look more badass than we ever will . This is the italicized intro to that…
A Miami Lakes resident who supports Natacha Seijas has hijacked Miami Voice’s identity. On February 18, Dr. David Bennett, along with another Miami Lakes resident, incorporated a nonprofit organization bearing the same name as the committee seeking Natacha Seijas’s recall. Vanessa Brito, chairwoman of Miami Voice the PAC, is crying…
With the news that Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess is using county resources to help “set the record straight” about all the great and wonderful things he and his clan of bureaucrats do for us ungrateful residents, Banana Republican thought we’d go ahead and remind everyone about the disgustingly rich…
CBS and Sports Illustrated lie about black athletes
Letters from the issue of March 10, 2011
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. In this special online edition, Luke says the Miami Heat will start winning again when Chris Bosh starts getting the…
“The fins are typically hacked off a live shark, leaving it to die slowly as it sinks to the bottom of the sea.” Seventy-three million sharks a year are being killed this way. “As many as 90 percent of sharks in the world’s open oceans have disappeared.”That info comes from…
The Chant Two Car Mirage (Safety Net Records) The Chant’s Facebook page It is no secret that I usually do these things backwards, starting with third and second releases before tackling debuts. But there’s a reason for that approach: I usually do it by matter of personal acquisition. Hence why…
North Africa and the Middle East are not the only places feeling the intoxication of mass rebellion. Why here in good ole Miami-Dade County, voters have been turning out in droves for early voting in the recall elections of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas. And according…
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 how the criminal justice system destroys young black men in Miami-Dade County.A couple of major news…
Every now and then I take time from my busy schedule in order to lend a hand to others. I’m just big-hearted that way. Most of my charitable assistance is given to restaurants. The owners don’t ask for my advice — restaurateurs are a proud bunch — but I know…
On a recent late-night run to a local Farm Stores (the drive-thru convenience store with the cow on the sign), a nifty flyer with a $20 coupon was dropped in the bag. That discount is good for online grocery shopping. Curiosity was piqued.So what are the advantages of Internet shopping…
There’s furious internet chatter about McDonald’s McLobster sandwich, the elusive menu item that, like the McRib, is available to only a few select lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at things) markets. The McLobster is McDonald’s version of the New England lobster roll, which usually means generous portions…
