Urban Planning Many factors: I don’t doubt the prospect of rebuilding the University of Florida’s football team played a role in Meyer’s decision (“Urban Meyer Leaves UF to Protect His Legacy,” Luther Campbell, December 16), and many of Uncle Luke’s comments contain a grain of truth. But taken as a…
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’s ass is saved from a girl in a G-string bikini. I believe in the American judicial system,…
Miami’s favorite Tio and New Times columnist Luther Campbell is hitting the half-century mark. The raunchiest man in rap turns 50 today, but he shows no signs of slowing down. He just got back into the Magic City after helping guide the Miami Central Rockets football team to their first…
If you consider most of the crap on Y100 to be hip-hop, we wouldn’t expect you to understand. But ArtOfficial is the straight-up shiznit. As Miami’s answer to the Roots, this six-member band’s been thrilling local fans and crowds abroad for the past few years, rocking venues with some of…
Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We’re releasing the names one by one ahead of next week’s issue, which comes with a full-page…
Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We’re releasing the names one by one ahead of next week’s issue, which comes with a full-page…
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’s ass is saved from a lawsuit.I believe in the American judicial system, even when others are looking…
Every year come Christmas EveIt’s no secret where we goTo take our holiday reprieve –Yes, that’s right, Sam Wo.Crispy noodles, fluorescent dipWonton soup for Jews to sip.There are no trees with blinking lightsOr roaring fireplaceBut Sam Wo’s Cantonese delightsDo more than take their place…
Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. Last year, we had prostitute-punching TV salesman Vince Shlomi and indicted ex-city commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones on the list. Of course, this is according to our…
ur Christmas dinner ham has been cooking in a Pyrex glass baking dish at 350 F. Then, when you open the oven door, Boom! Shards of sharp glass explode toward you like some homemade bomb. According to a shocking investigative report in the January issue of Consumer Reports, it’s a possibility…
When I grew up, Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes were as synonymous with Christmas tradition as hanging lights and trimming the tree. I looked forward to trips to the grocery store so that I could get my hands on the colorful box sooner. But i recent years, my appetite has waned…
Here at Short Order, we’ve spent the last week expounding upon our Christmas wishes, but what about local chefs? Here’s what four told us was on their Christmas wish list. Surprisingly — or maybe not — most of them have little to do with food. “A line cook who lasts…
Frozen peas served in a dish at the famed Catalonian restaurant El Bulli? Apparently so. In an interview with Lisa Abend, author of the upcoming book “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: A Season in the Kitchen of Ferran Adria’s El Bulli,” Miami chef Jeremiah Bullfrog talks about the frozen peas and more…
It’s something of an annual foodie rite to take issue with individual rating choices upon release of each new issue of Zagat. Considering how wide a net is cast, and how many individuals weigh in, the numbers in this years Miami/So. Florida guide appear to me to read closer than…
When the guys first landed on planet Miami a couple years back, People From Venus were sort of the dark horses of the local scene. They started off slowly, preferring to perfect their blend of British glam-influenced power pop in the studio rather than trotting it out endlessly on the…
The philanthropy arm of PBS television affiliate and public radio station WLRN has incurred the wrath of some Miami-Dade School Board members. In his weekly edition of The Watchdog Report, Daniel Ricker reveals Friends of WLRN and Miami-Dade Public Schools, which owns the station’s federal license, have reached an impasse…
It is not unusual for the children of musicians to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But it’s also not unusual for them to try to forge their own artistic path, oftentimes shying away from the legacy left for them. Not the case with Tito Puente Jr., who shares the same…
Fries. Cupcakes. Cocktails. You won’t find that trio at any chain restaurant, be it fast food, fast casual, or whatever the latest corporate cookie cutter term for frozen food is these days. China Grill Management isn’t interested in covering such eclectic territory, nor is Houston’s, Morton’s, STK, KFC, Burger King,…
Insult to Injury Lame suit: Ganesh Sohan and Bryan Rodriguez’s lawsuit against 411-PAIN says the two men were misled into using the company’s services so that the business could “secure insurance payments and reimbursement for medical services.” (“Screwed,” Lisa Rab, December 9) Who wants to join my class action lawsuit…
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 probes Urban Meyer’s resignation as head coach of University of Florida’s football team. Urban Meyer is not…
That Ka-Ka-crazy dude Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda who proclaims himself the Man Christ/Anti-Christ is talking cuckoo again. This time, he’s dancing on the grave of a recently deceased Miami judge. It’s the type of evil insidious behavior we come to expect from the self-proclaimed seven headed Beast that rose…
It sure took a long time for The Feast Miami to get its website together, enough to take off the BETA tag, but apparently it wasn’t long enough to figure out how to rank restaurants properly. I mean, when P.F. Chang’s and Norman’s 180 take up two of your top…
