When you head to the polls this week to cast a vote for the prez or to throw your weight behind Mittens, you might be surprised to find one of the longest ballots ever created. You’d never know it from the nightly news, but it turns out you’ll have to…
Now it’s our turn. The Sun-Sentinel this morning endorsed Mitt Romney. Then the Miami Herald threw its support to Barack Obama.We don’t endorse candidates. We are just a motley crew of renegades who like to throw darts at pictures of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Britney Spears.But we believe Mitt…
If the South is the Bible Belt, Florida is the Bizarre Belt. With entire blogs and news sites devoted to the oddities that often occur in our little piece of paradise — few would argue that we reign supreme as far as freakishness. And this weirdness, of course, also applies…
While we’re still anxiously awaiting Rakontur’s Dawg Fight documentary about backyard brawling in Miami-Dade, the P.T. Barnum/Spartan of Perrine Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, is gearing up for his last big event this Saturday. “I’m calling it Red October,” Harris says. “There is going to be a lot of red…
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…
Wayne Slaton may not unseat Michael Pizzi to win a second go-around as Miami Lakes mayor, but he sure is having some fun skewering his foe. Two weeks ago, Slaton uploaded a short campaign video listing the top 10 reasons why he is the better candidate. “It is the most…
The clock is running down on the big presidential election. If you’re one of the undecideds, you’ve got about two weeks to make up your mind who you want to see as leader of the free world for the next our years (no pressure).If, however, you know which candidate you’re…
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Jessica Simpson has really been put through the pop culture wringer. She built a career around her supposed-to-be fairy tale marriage to 98 Degrees crooner Nick Lachey. And then they got divorced. Ever since, Jessica hasn’t been able to escape the merciless crosshairs of every tabloid Gollum with a lust…
To anyone with common sense, a town manager getting into business with his boss — the mayor — would seem like a stupid idea. But Golden Beach Mayor Glenn Singer and his subordinate, Town Manager Alexander Diaz, swore to investigators from the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission that they were completely unaware their…
Justin Bieber is going on an insane spending spree, buying drugs, abortions, and penis enlargers with an American Express card that he jacked from his girlfriend’s dad. Now he’s being taken to court by the poor victim. But, uh, the “victim” is just a totally insane dude from Michigan. Thankfully…
Last week we reported on a bold conceptual plan by Miami architect Chad Oppenheim and über-hip-hop mogul Pharrell Williams to convert Overtown into Ice Cream City, a whimsical neighborhood that would be home to the nation’s largest indoor and outdoor skate park, a big box retailer, ateliers and specialty shops,…
Taylor Swift knows not what she is about to do, and we here at Crossfade can only scream at her from the sidelines: “Taylor, wat r u doin? Taylor, stahp!” In a recent interview with MTV, the country-pop superstar said she unwittingly experimented with the once-underground UK sounds of dubstep…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 calls on African-American voters to revive the record-breaking movement that got the first black president elected four years…
It was not long ago that we here at Crossfade knew Tip Drill simply as Miami’s most recognizable stripper. But then a fall during one of her signature, death-defying slides down King of Diamonds’ massive pole left her with a broken jaw, bringing a premature end to her days as…
Britney Spears went fucking crazy, y’all. Back in 2007, she was all over the place, shaving her head, driving with her babies in mama’s lap, and releasing tracks like “Gimme More.” Everyone falls on hard times. But now Spears has to live out her demons in the public eye all…
In early May, Inverness residents John and Pat Wade got a call from their son Darryl with distressing news. Miami-Dade Police had just found a full-scale marijuana grow lab with 49 plants in the detached garage of their three-bedroom Redland ranch.The couple’s 59-year-old tenant, Andres Landin, told the cops the…
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…
When I spoke with the Iron Fork Food Truck Battle contestants to get a little piece on strategy, I thought it would be the usual “the other chef is so talented…I’ll do my best…blah blah blah.”Read Also: Iron Fork’s Tonight: Food truck Competitors Alfredo Montero and Robyn Almodovar Say It’s…
A hip-hop icon with a knack for post-skater attire and a Magic City architect have unveiled a very imaginative master plan to transform Overtown into a vibrant urban destination for skateboarders, artists, and fashionistas. But turning that dream into a reality is going to require a monumental effort to convince…
According to a new study, Miami-based Burger King, has the worst drive-thru when it comes to service, speed, and accuracy.The study, conducted by QSR Magazine, is conducted annually and rates the drive-thrus of Chick-fil-A, Krystal, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, and Burger King. Categories such as service time, order accuracy, wait…
