New Track from Lazaro Casanova

There is no denying our love for Miami’s own Lazaro Casanova, so when he posted up a new track via his MySpace yesterday we were sort of excited to say the least. His first release “Venganza” was a dancefloor thriller that had us shaking the moment we heard it, and…

Sucks To Be a Sports Fan in Miami

Photo via Wikimedia Commons Forbes, the business magazine that specializes in creating useless lists and manages to somehow still remain relevant, has bestowed Miami the honor dishonor of being the worst city to be a sports fan. Riptide couldn’t agree more, but for drastically different reasons. Forbes based their results…

Pretty in the City – Miami Spa Month Hangover!

In case you didn’t already make it (like me) or you’re blissfully unaware of anything happening around you (like me), you might not be aware that Miami Spa Month has been extended. Yes, much like Miami Spice Restaurant Month, Miami Spa Month is now a misnomer for almost-two months of…

The Only Thing Better Than the Food at Tap Tap — the Music

Tap Tap’s house band. It’s sort of a shame that the most popular Haitian restaurant in Miami is in South Beach rather than, say, Little Haiti. But Moped Whitey’s fear of an unknown ‘hood isn’t the only reason — although it probably helps — for Tap Tap’s (819 Fifth Street,…

Over the Weekend – Scarface, Biz Markie and Dirty Bird

Miami’s heat index seems finally to be falling. Nights don’t feel like an asphyxiophilia’s (look it up) dream. While we still have a few more months of crazy weather and hurricane threats, the city’s low-season is finally coming to an end and with it come back the tourists and big…

Spam All-Stars Pay Tribute to James Brown in New York

Ernest Barteldes Still Black, Still Proud: The African Tribute to James Brown with the Spam All-Stars August 22, 2008 Lincoln Center, New York Shortly prior to nightfall in Manhattan, Miami’s own Spam All-Stars hit the stage during the last weekend of summer outdoor concerts at Lincoln Center to kick off…

Pretty in the City – Pretty Boys Need Love Too

After reading about that prostitution spa scandal, it’s more than understandable why some Miami wives and girlfriends might raise an eyebrow if their fella expresses an interest in going to the spa. We’ll have you know, not every guy who makes an appointment for a treatment is looking for a…

Last Night: Smashing Pumpkins at Mizner Park Amphitheatre

Santiago Felipe Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan performed at Mizner Park Amphitheatre Thursday night. Click here to view the full slideshow. Smashing Pumpkins Thursday, August 21, 2008 Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton Better Than: Not showering and looking for Molly for four days at a jam-band festival to get the…

Clifton Childree’s Something Awful (NSFW)

Michael McElroy If you haven’t read our profile on local artist Clifton Childree, you are missing out on getting to know one of the city’s most inventive people. Childree’s work is mostly done via film, for which he creates elaborate sets, recreating silent-era imagery laced with juvenile humor. Just so…

Video: Young Jeezy Films Music Video on South Beach

Crack dealers and suburban gangsters all over America are waiting to buy, download and ringtone Young Jeezy’s third studio album The Recession as soon as it drops. Last week he was on South Beach filming the video for one of the singles, “Vacation,” featuring Trey Songz. My homie Fresh Da…

Video: T-Pain and DJ Irie Battle at Parkwest

“You may be T-Pain and you got the mothafuckin’ hits, but I’m DJ Irie and I’m the shit,” boasted our hometown spindoctor at the DJ Battle that the Headliner Market Group had engineered to rock their “It’s Actually Fly.” party last Saturday night. But the Pain didn’t let Irie get…

Gunars’ Rok Anthem Mix

DJ Gunars DJ Gunars has been spinning all over Miami for quite some time now. His more prominent gigs have included stints at Pawn Shop Lounge (er, back when it was the place to see and be seen) and Rokbar. This week, writer John Hood profile’s Gunars for his “Head…

Video: True Norwegian Black Metal

Peter Beste In tomorrow’s issue of the Miami New Times, music editor Arielle Castillo stumbles upon Vice Books’ True Norwegian Black Metal, a collection of photos by Peter Beste. The book chronicles Norway’s black metal scene which is marred by violence and arson. They say the cold weather makes you…

Fay a Mild Annoyance on Monday Night

Jose D. Duran A soaked Monday night along North Miami Avenue. As the outer bands of Tropical Storm Fay went over South Florida, local stations were having a field day. It had been some time since the area was threaten by storm. WSVN reporter Rene Marsh stood along the shore…

Bike Blog – Coral Way Gets Some Love

All that dreaming longingly about someday seeing bike lanes along Coral Way has finally paid off. Mike Lydon of Transit Miami wrote last week: “expect to see new bicycle lanes from SW 12th Avenue to SW 15th Road in the not-too-distant-future.” The lanes will span about 16 blocks. From there,…

Smashing Pumpkins Concert Rescheduled For Thursday

Tonight’s Smashing Pumpkins concert — or Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin with some other people who aren’t James Iha and Darcy Wretzky — at the Center for the Arts at Mizner Park has been reschedule for Thursday, August 21. Tickets purchased for tonight’s show will be honored Thursday. — Jose…

Booze Hound – Chef Allen’s

Elyse Wanshel As far as I know, there wasn’t a full moon last night — I didn’t accidentally rub my big ass against a lamp, resulting in a magical genie oozing free with a pocket-full of wishes to be used at my disposal. Hell didn’t freeze over, pigs never flew,…