Miami Dolphins Offense Finally Shows Up

Here is a shocker. The Miami Dolphins finally scored more than 30 points this season. It was an offensive explosion for 471 yards that featured two big play touchdowns by running back Ricky Williams and undrafted rookie wide receiver Marlon Moore. Watching Williams gallop 45 yards for a touchdown that…

Linda Robertson Canonizes Uncle Luke

The last time we wrote about Miami Herald sports columnist Linda Robertson, we ribbed on her for being duped by a couple of Broward guys pretending to be real Russian basketball fans. But this time, we gotta give her props for penning a well researched piece on New Times columnist…

Pat Riley, It’s Time to Get Back in the Game

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 recommends Pat Riley pull a Stan Van Gundy on Erik Spoelstra.Pat Riley needs to stop wasting time…

Chef vs. Cook: Is There A Difference Between the Two?

In an interview with Eater, Nigella Lawson promotes her new cookbook, Nigella Kitchen. Yet this curvaceous cookbook author, TV personality, and all around fabulous foodie who has a way of making even a grilled cheese sound sultry and sexy stands fast that she is not a chef.Eater: Why do you…

Magadog’s Ska, Soul, and Roots Reggae Mashup

Magadog Self-titled (Moon Ska Reocrds) myspace.com/magadogtampa It’s hard to believe Magadog has been soldiering since 1992. This band (and this album in particular) recall a time in life when going to shows with a group of friends was 100-percent fun. I’m referring to cool Sunday night shows at the now-defunct…

Miami Book Fair Clueless On Cookbooks

​The food industry is hot hot hot. Chefs are hot hot hot. Restaurants are hot hot hot. Food networks and food festivals and food anythings are hot hot hot. Cookbooks are hot hot hot. Seems as though every chef in the world has written one this year – except for…

Luis Bofill’s “No Me Vuelvo a Enamorar”

Luis Bofill got his start in Cuba’s Nueva Trova movement of the late ’70s with the group Cuba Nueva. From there, he would cut a mean rug as an exciting interpreter of standards and for generating an infectious blend of jazz, rumba, Latin, and Afro-beat. He’s been calling Miami his…

Katherine Fernandez Rundle Won’t Fight Jim Morrison Pardon

Without admitting Jim Morrison was railroaded by Miami-Dade’s criminal justice system 40 years ago, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle says her office won’t fight Charlie Crist’s pardon of The Doors iconic dead lead singer.The county’s top cop claims the recession is the reason she won’t try to uphold Morrison’s…

New Times’ Brandon K. Thorp, Penn Bullock Named to Out 100

Two Miami New Times freelance writers, Brandon K. Thorp  and Penn Bullock, have been named as among the most significant contributors to gay America this year.They join Ricky Martin, Johnny Weir, and Julianne Moore (go figure) as members of the Out 100, who are being honored this week in Manhattan…

Jay-Z Is Not A Devil Worshipper; He’s My Friend

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 debunks rumors spread on blogs and YouTube that Jay-Z is down with the Illuminati.People who depict Jay-Z…

Elastic Bond’s “Frecuencia Natural”

Elastic Bond returns to our ears with the deliciously danceable “Frecuencia Natural” (“Natural Frequency”). Though sung in Spanish by the always alluring and inviting Sofy Encanto, this track certainly carries their signature Latin rhythm and groove, but the spacey touches of electronica and the quasi-salsa/cumbia breakdown there got me bopping…

Claims Piling Up on Funeral Home Owner Rafaiy Alkhalifa

​ When Lazaro Morera’s father passed away October 29, the unemployed Cuban-American thought he had the funeral covered. He was wrong. Despite having paid $2,540 to Funeraria Latina Nacional at 151 NW 37th Ave. for his dad’s prearranged burial six years ago, the funeral home’s owner, Rafaiy Alkhalifa, would not honor…

Miami’s Best Pizza? Time for a Name Change.

Miami’s Best Pizza, a 40-year mainstay on South Dixie Highway near University of Miami, is always packed. There’re children with noses smudged up against a glass partition watching cooks spin dough in the air, children playing on video game machines that line the walls, children huddled by their parents on…

Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen Is The One Smearing Cam Newton

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke comes to Cam Newton’s defense.There is a campaign to destroy the reputation of Auburn Tigers quarterback Cam Newton, and…