Motley Crue, Poison, and New York Dolls at Hard Rock Live July 5

Maybe you know him only as cofounder and bassist of Mötley Crüe, a metal god, a man of magically spiky hair, someone who once frequented “Dr. Feelgood.” But Sixx is also a father of four, a photographer since 1998, an internationally syndicated radio personality, and a clear-thinking, superbusy dude. This…

Becoming Jane

Madonna once asked, “Do you know what it feels like for a girl in this world?” Look dudes, no matter how many women’s studies classes you’ve taken or how much Lifetime TV you’ve watched, the female experience isn’t one you can just stumble upon or even easily understand. Maybe psychedelic…

Cary Elwes on Princess Bride, His Sex Symbol Status, and Comic Cons

​Cary Elwes. Hubba hubba. No one’s saying the man isn’t a great actor, but he’s also obviously a dreamboat. The British screen star stole a generation of ladies’ hearts as Westley, the farm boy in The Princess Bride, and then he made us laugh in Mel Brooks’ spoof Robin Hood: Men…

Jacuzzi Boys Will Play Last Live Show at Bar This Sunday CANCELED

On Wednesday night, Bar tweeted: “As of this afternoon, BAR on 14th Street has permanently shut down.” So the Jacuzzi Boys goodbye party has been canceled. ​Everyone’s slowly coming to terms with the fact that the space at 28 NE 14th Street, currently known as Bar, will soon be closing…

Talib Kweli Is Coming to Bardot July 3

​Alongside Mos Def, Talib Kweli was Black Star, a duo that created the soundtrack — via hand-me-down cassette — to this writer’s late-’90s college days. Somehow, their socially conscious, Afrocentric hip-hop totally articulated how we felt as a nerdy, suburban white girl driving through the streets of South Beach. So…

Ryan Trecartin on “Any Ever,” Miami Vibes, and Reacting to Reaction

Video artist Ryan Trecartin’s work is intense, but in the good way. He said it makes some people anxious, but generally speaking, it’s a little unnerving, a tiny bit scary, very funny, so smart, and sweetly over-stimulating. “Any Ever,” his MOCA exhibit that opened last night, includes seven movies created…

Five Bad Taste Tribute Shows We’re Dying to See

Tribute shows are terrible in so many ways. It’s like, If I really wanted to hear that song the way I enjoy hearing it, I’d use my iPod, thank you. But tributes are also fun to watch for their crash-and-burn performances. And sometimes, even because someone does a shockingly wonderful…

Richard Hales, Sakaya Kitchen Owner, Talks Thai and Business, Part 1

​Richard Hales is the owner of the popular Sakaya Kitchen, one of the few independently owned joints that make Midtown cool. He took over our palates with intoxicating brussels sprouts, and then helmed the growing food truck movement in Miami.At age 21, after being laid off, the Tampa native knew…

Get Fingered

Sticky-fingered friends are no good. They’ve stolen your best CDs over the years. But Treasure Fingers is a hand you probably wanna get familiar with. The disco-house DJ and producer is Atlanta-bred Ashley Jones. Appropriately signed to Fool’s Gold Records and working out of New York, he creates original tracks…

Six Sad Songs About Dad Stuff In Honor of Father’s Day

​Whatever you call your male parent — pops, dad, father, papa, man-whose-seed-enabled-my-existence, the-reason-I’m-so-fucked-up — and whatever your relationship is with your one or two dads, we all appreciate a good song about daddyness.In honor of Father’s Day, which is this Sunday (go buy a card or something), and to celebrate…

The Pros and Cons of National Naked Hiking Day

​Naked Hiking Day takes place this year on June 21, a Tuesday. Seems like an innocuous day to get out of your underwear and gallop out in the open air. Instinctively, it makes sense. It’s like, yes, go back to your roots, be all tribal and shit. But then the…

X Factor Taping in Coral Gables, Plus Notes for Future Reality TV Drinking Game

​At the X Factor taping in Coral Gables yesterday, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger seemed in character. Simon’s still unnecessarily mean, Paula’s still unnecessarily nice, L.A. is still talking about producing something, and the Pussycat Doll is still very pussy-ish. We wish we could…