My last conversation with Rick Ross ended like this: Me: “Rick, it’s been a pleasure talking to you.” Ross, pointing to my hair: “What you call it right there when you flip it like that?” Me: “I don’t know.” Ross: “You peeled that shit to the side.” Me: “What would…
Some of the most exciting announcements of Art Basel tend to be last minute. And, sure enough, last Friday brought news of one of the most stacked musical events coming to Basel this year. Art Basel veteran and board member of the Brooklyn Museum Swizz Beatz and Bacardi have teamed up…
Fuck lists, man. There are only two lists I like in this world: a grocery list, and that one Uma Thurman used to cross off the people she murdered in Kill Bill. What’s wrong with art these days? It’s forgotten where it came from. Do you think Frida Kahlo and…
Thanksgiving is all about family, which is why it’s both the best and worst holiday we have. It’s so very important to spend time with your family, really. But there’s spending time with your family, and then there’s being forced to spend time with your family. One is good and…
The first day of Jennine Capó Crucet’s writing workshop at Florida State University in 2013, where I was a student, she made our class stand up and do an improv exercise. It made me sweaty and uncomfortable, but it was a necessary lesson in trust. We’d be sharing a lot…
Nico Espinosa was exhausted when his band, Deaf Poets, took the stage during the final day of Wynwood’s music and arts festival, III Points. Espinosa’s band was scheduled to play the third and final day of the fest, but he’d spent the previous two days working a retail job in…
February, 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in sunny Los Angeles. There she was: 45-years-old and bald as a lightbulb. Chemo therapy had taken her hair but, it seemed, not much else. The 47th Annual Grammy Awards was perhaps the defining moment of Melissa Etheridge’s career. After being diagnosed with…
You’d be wise to hang out around Mana Wynwood this year during Art Basel. Two weeks ago we learned that Jamie xx and Four Tet would kick off the III Points Art Basel Concert Series on Friday, December 4, at the Wynwood venue. And Life and Death will be invading…
Back in August, news broke that longtime Miami Beach nightlife staple, Mansion, was shutting its doors. At 11 years of age, the venue was considered elderly by nightclub standards. The news caught some off guard. Others, not so much. Longevity is rare in Miami nightlife. Space’s 15 years of operation…
Lately something interesting has been happening in the world of Phil Collins. He’s finally getting some goddamn respect. See, for years it’s been easy to take jabs at Mr. Collins. Why, exactly? Who knows. It was a weird mob mentality sort of thing that seemed to spread throughout the internet…
The Miami Herald is reporting that Gloria and Emilio Estefan will be among the 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, the United States’ highest civilian honor. Though an official announcement of the nominees is expected later this afternoon, the Herald says a source tipped them off to…
Days after video showed a man falling overboard on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, a search is on for another cruise passenger who went overboard during the EDM cruise Mad Decent Boat Party. Yesterday, Mad Decent issued the following statement: Thursday, November 12 during the chartered cruise on Norwegian Pearl,…
After the U.K. punk revolution, we needed a break. Because when the anarchy ended and the dust settled, the world realized something: we were sad. That’s when the Cure came along. The four-piece schoolmates from Crawley, West Sussex, England, tapped into a long-neglected nerve in music fans across the globe…
In life, there are ups and downs. So when we posted a list of the 15 greatest moments in Miami music history back in September, it got us thinking about the darker times. And Miami has seen plenty of those. Not to imply that any one death is somehow sadder…
Yesterday, Miami-Dade police broke into Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach mansion after a judge granted a “break order,” which basically allowed officers to enter the rapper’s house with force if necessary. The reason for the order: Wayne owed $2 million to a company — the Miami-based Signature Group — for a…
Miami-Dade Police officers busted down the doors of Lil’ Wayne’s La Gorce Island mansion this afternoon, and then rolled out dollies loaded with the rappers possessions. The mass repo operation was ordered by a county judge on Friday, court records show — all because Wayne wasn’t paying the bills on…
Next month, on December 3, Miami will go into Art Basel mode, jamming as much art, music, and alcohol into this city as possible. While Art Basel itself is an annual art show that takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center — what Art Basel really means to most…
Let’s check in with Rick Ross, shall we? It’s been an interesting year. His legal trouble, including assault and kidnapping charges, were perhaps his biggest headlines of the 2015, and it remains to be seen how the drama will end for the Carol City native. He’s currently walking free on…
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, which means Miami will be crawling with more costumed freaks than it has seen in years. There’s a whole lot of party options on the table already, and to help you make a choice, we’re compiling a list of every single Halloween party…
There are some things that I, as a 25-year-old male, can never fully understand. A few examples: childbirth, the Disney channel, Forever 21, bangs, a world where John Travolta isn’t creepy, sexy vampires, and, among many other things, Taylor Swift. I’m not saying Taylor Swift has no appeal to men…
Last night, World Red Eye held it’s first in a serious of panels at the Pérez Art Museum. The topic of the night: The influence of nightlife on the modern renaissance of Miami. Moderated by Miami filmmaker Alfred Spellman, the panel consisted of Magic City nightlife veterans with somewhere around…
What would this city be without nightlife? Probably nothing more than a good place to hide a body. Whether or not you’re one of the people standing in line outside LIV or Space on a Saturday, you must at least acknowledge what the club scene has done for Miami, especially…
