Last Night: Kamelot at the Culture Room

Kamelot Saturday, October 10, 2008 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: Sweating through two layers of leather in the Fort Lauderdale humidity. Friday night, Culture Room was packed full of long-haired, black-clad melodic metal fans (you know, the people death metal fans beat up and steal lunch money from) and…

Over the Weekend – Yelle, O.H.W.O.W. and AmazonCon

The wet weekend streak continues. Not that we don’t enjoy the cooler temperatures, but we can’t exactly drink our economic sorrows away at the city’s many outdoor lounges when the skies open up. The dry season will be here soon though and with it comes brown lawns and tougher water…

Top 10 Songs That Warned Us About the Recession

Daft Punk tried to warn us. With the U.S. economy tanking, we can’t help but to feel a little pessimistic about our future. We reverted to our inner 15-year-old, which happened to grow up in the go-go ’90s of excess and wealth (a.k.a. the Clinton years), and decide to make…

Classic South Florida Roller Skating Tunes

C. Stiles Some of the hottest roller skating tracks of all time are booty, bass, and freestyle songs that were wildly popular a few decades back in South Florida. That’s because many of the jams were produced locally by outfits like Luke Records, as in the label of 2 Live…

New-Look Dolphins Refuse To Stop Kicking Ass

For a second there, we all had the flashbacks. After Dan Carpenter missed that sure-fire 42 yard field goal, and then San Diego immediately marched down the field scored a TD a few minutes later, you thought “Well fuck me in the pants, here we go again.” You also thought…

Over the Weekend – Funkshion, EliteXC and Jay-Z

Needless to say this weekend we were sun deprived. Continuous overcast and light rainfall plagued South Florida keeping us wanting to stay indoors . Still, plenty events went on as planned despite the rainy weekend, so here are some of things you missed over the weekend: Fashion Week Miami Beach…

Last Night: Jay-Z at Bayfront Park

Logan Fazio Jay-Z came out to support Barack Obama at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami Sunday night. Click here to view the full slideshow. Jay-Z Monday October 6, 2008 Bayfront Park Ampitheatre, Miami Better Than: A McCain-sponsored get-out-the-vote concert. No offense, Daddy Yankee. Jay-Z kicked off last night’s show with…

Last Night: Kimbo Goes Down! Gina, Benji and Andrei Prevail!

Ivon David Rojas Kimbo Slice lost to replacement fighter Seth Petruzelli after 12 seconds. View part 1 and part 2 of the slideshow. EliteXC Heat October 4, 2008 BankAtlantic Center Better Than: The WWE and the WBA combined. By now you know: Kimbo Slice got knocked out at the BankAtlantic…

Jay-Z Adds Second Free Show at Bayfront Park Monday

Did you cry your poor little eyes out because you waited in line for hours and hours but didn’t score any tickets for Sunday’s Jay-Z concert? Well, rejoice because Hov has added a second show in support of Obama for Monday afternoon at Bayfront Park. Doors will open at 11…

Photos: Fashion Week Miami Beach, Day 1

Justin Namon Bejeweled Swimwear runway show at The Setai. Click here for the full slideshow. ZOMG!!! Fashion Week is here! Er, not New York Fashion Week. And, no not LA Fashion Week. We are talking about the bastard child of Fashion Weeks in the United States, Funkshion’s Fashion Week Miami…

Hova For Hope: Free Miami Jay-Z Concert this Sunday for Obama!

Jay-Z + Obama = Party in Bayfront It’s a celebration, bitches! The good folks at Obama For President just made your week. Jay-Z will play a free show in Bayfront Park Amphitheater this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. to drum up voter registration for his favorite presidential candidate. A quick call…

Why Would Anyone Want to be Paris’ BFF?

Hey ya’ll! Have you heard the news? Paris Hilton is looking for a new BFF — or at the very least a BFFN (best friend for now). But this begs the question, what kind of person has the burning desire to be best friends with famous-for-making-a-sex-tape Paris Hilton? Well let…

Top Ten Stripper Songs of the Moment

As a recent purveyor of South Florida’s finest strip clubs, I’ve been taking stock of songs that are currently getting the most spins. As some people know, strip clubs are now ground zero within certain genres to find out what tracks are hot–often before they even make it into radio…

The Miami Jazz Jam at Churchill’s: Still the best show in town.

Churchill’s (5501 NE Second Avenue, Miami; 305-757-1807) Monday night Jazz Jam, winner of our 2007 Best of Miami award, is not a well-kept secret. It’s more like an institution. But a reminder is still in order: if you haven’t gone, you’re missing some of the best regularly-scheduled live music in…

Bike Blog – Want More Bayshore

There’s a beautiful progression underway to create more accessible routes for bicyclists around the City of Miami. I’ve been singing my praises to the Coral Way and Miami Avenue projects and wistfully dream of one day seeing a complete circuit from Downtown to the Grove. Now, amidst the jam-packed speculation…

Pat Riley’s Worldwide Takeover Is Nearly Complete

With the NBA season a few weeks away comes yesterday’s news that Randy Pfund has resigned his position as general manager of the Miami Heat. All the right things were said via statements from both parties. Pfund thanked owner Mickey Arison and team president Pat Riley for “the opportunity.” Riley,…