Editorial Voice

Letters from the issue of November 11, 2010

Democrats got tea-bagged

Miami’s vultures go to court

When it was announced that Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian had successfully taken our fair city of Miami, and that Kourtney and Kim would set there sites on taking New York in the next step of Kardashian world domination, we wondered who would miss this silly little show? Sorority sisters was…

Staying power on Miami’s nightclub scene is a pretty rare thing. Parties like Bandits, Collision, Static, Flamingo, Murk’d, and Sugar Free Fridays couldn’t even make it to one year. All of those aforementioned parties had something to offer, and there was nothing wrong with any of them. They just came…

The Village of Palmetto Bay’s new mayor might have been at the center of one of the biggest scandals to rock Miami’s most recognizable homeless charity, Camillus House. Peter England, who faces Shelley Stanczyk in a November 16 runoff, was Camillus’s government relations director in 2004 when a former employee…

Short Order occasionally takes time out to share our considerable marketing expertise with those who may or may not need our help. It’s admittedly a specialized marketing expertise, one that focuses solely on providing memorable mottos that brand restaurants with a strongly identifiable concept. We only ask that the restaurateurs…

“Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies. Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed up with Domino’s to develop a new line of pizzas with…

Letters from the issue of November 4, 2010

NFL helmet hits are OK

We’ve always dreamed of county commission meeting days when we wouldn’t have to hear another “can I get a skinny minute” from Dorrin Rolle. We’ve been waiting for the Ghetto Governor to get kicked out of County Hall since we profiled him in 2006. As we do the electric slide…

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 reflects on last night’s election results. I have to congratulate the Tea Party. They came out in numbers…

Watching last night’s election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2010 election was a complete buzz kill.While votes…

Shores is one of the newer additions to the ever-expanding catalogue over at No Idea Records. Comprised of Brian Przybylski on guitars, vocals and bass, alongside John Massel on drums, this duo’s debut album, Coup de Grace, has been two years in the making and it will finally be released…

Read the Johnny Salton memorial piece from this week’s print edition of New Times. The Psycho Daisies Pushin’ Up Daisies (Sublapse Records) psychodaisies.com Arguably more of an EP than an LP, this vinyl-only release contains seven tracks of the finest blues-influenced psychedelic punk rock that you will ever come across…

On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to realize the healing power…

Looks like four of Miami Beach’s boys in blue didn’t get to eat any doughnuts this past October 27. The cops, probably ornery from their lack of sugary dough treat intake, took out their frustrations on a volunteer collecting signatures for the petition to decriminalize possession of small amounts of…

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 addresses the NFL’s crackdown on helmet-to-helmet hits.The No Fun League needs to stop fining defensive players for…

Remember Annabelle DeSisto? She was the girl this season The Situation picked up at club Space, only to refuse to smoosh with him and dropped the classic line, “I never said anything about checkers old man.” She also happens to be a former Miss Teen Florida. Well she gave her…

After more than 15 years at the same joint, Miami New Times is moving next week. It’s not a big change. We are just rolling our stuff a mile north to a pretty little building at 4500 Biscayne Blvd., where we will occupy the second floor.The space is larger than…

After more than 15 years at the same joint, Miami New Times is moving next week. It’s not a big change. We are just rolling our stuff a mile north on Biscayne Boulevard to a pretty little building at 4500 Biscayne Boulevard, where we will occupy the second floor.The space…

The Basicks Basick RNR Party (Records of Rebellion) One of the cooler little records to come out in the spring of 1996 was this first effort by Miami’s the Basicks. Hearkening back to that youthful element of rock and roll, Basick RNR Party talked about fucking, drinking, and drugging with…