First, in 1993, a judge ordered a new election after determining camps for both Mayor Raul Martinez and challenger Nilo Juri had participated in absentee ballot tampering. Twelve years later, federal HUD officials investigated then-Hialeah Housing Authority director Alex Morales for forcing housing employees to campaign during working hours and…
No matter how cynical you’ve grown about the American justice system — let’s say, from watching a few too many episodes of The Wire — there are still stories coming out of Miami’s prison system that will make your jaw drop. Today, through a federal indictment, comes a tale of…
Ah, Twitter. How better to vicariously live through events you’re not attending, by reading the 140-character summaries posted by celebrities and people who aren’t really your friends? So if you missed the Future Classic Festival last Saturday — dammit, it was a trending topic locally, according to Happn.in — you…
It still amazes me how parents lull themselves into thinking that their children will be okay inside the Miami-Dade public school system, even at supposedly “safe havens” like Coral Gables Senior High, where one student stabbed a classmate to death earlier this morning.We live in a nihilistic age, and Miami-Dade…
Sweat Records, Miami1. Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo2. The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary Re-Issue, The Stone Roses3. A Strange Arrangement, Mayor Hawthorne4. Get Color, Health5. The Beatles Re-Issues, The BeatlesUncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z2. Cielo: Playtime, Various Artists3. I Look To You, Whitney Houston4. Fame, Lady…
The year is 1945 and Berlin falls to the allied troops as World War II comes to an end. Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have one last glass of apple juice as they depart for the big ol’ Deutschland in the sky. I wonder what our old Führer would make…
“Begun in 2006 as a series of intimate, word-of-mouth chef gatherings at restaurants all across South Florida, Chefs Club Miami — now boasting a membership of more than 30 of the town’s culinary innovators and restaurant industry honchos — is proud to announce its recent partnership with Whole Foods Market…
The tepid race to replace Miami Mayor Manny Diaz could soon get a shot of Sazon if the chatter emanating from city hall is true. A handful of political consultants said earlier today that former Mayor Joe Carollo is seriously considering jumping into the contest. As of now, it looked like…
Trying to find parking in this town can be hell, but be thankful you’ve never been shot in the pursuit of a space, like a teenage girl outside White Room. Police are looking for leads.Our heart is still beating from that Miami-FSU game. Jim Greer decided to let his children be indoctrinated by…
The untimely demise of DIY venue Goo has left Miami’s young punks without an official clubhouse. Stepping into that void, there have been several semi-permanent and one-off party places — House of Pain and the Warehouse, for example — that ended up welcoming an orphan show or two. But, for…
If you’re planning to stop by the Vagabond tonight to check out Portland duo Glass Candy, you are definitely in for a disco-laced treat. But if your knowledge on the pair is pretty much equivalent to your knowledge of quantum physics, let us give you the cliff notes on Glass…
This is video of a metal band called Blood Oath playing live in West Palm Beach on September 11, 2005 at Classics Bar. The information is courtesy of YouTube user EsotericDeath who uploaded the above video and wrote a brief description of it.If you are a fan of fast, loud,…
Short Order has always thought highly of strip club kitchens. Not necessarily the food they produce, just the fact that there is an entire staff of people working them whose job it is to cook at a place where girls dance naked for money.Late last year we brought you our…
When Slip ‘N’ Slide Records announced their 2008 Next Big Superstar Tour, artists from all over the country answered the call. But only one, Mike Bless aka Mr. Make It Happen, could win the title. Though there’s a whiff of Flo Rida’s breakthrough hit “Get Low” track-wise and Bless’ staccato,…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week — an amuse-bouche, if you will, to whet your appetite. The cuisine weaves an enchanting web, fusing strands of French bistro fare with ingredients such as the curry and coconut milk that globalize a beurre blanc pooled…
A Texan, a Russian and a New Yorker enter a restaurant in London. “Excuse me, but if you were going to order the steak, I’m afraid there’s a shortage due to mad cow disease,” says the waiter.The Texan says, “What’s a shortage?”The Russian says, “What’s a steak?”The New Yorker says,…
Fort Lauderdale had its own alley cat bike race this last weekend, the River Rat race put on by Justin Brunetti, who does the South Florida Fixed blog. It was sponsored by the Bike Spot, Atlantic Bikes, and Keirin Cycles of Miami, and they all also donated their time by…
The singer of The Great Tribulation has a bit of a name, so he’d rather you not know it. The rest of the band members may have something of a name too, but we don’t know, because they’re not saying. We do know that the name of the band itself…
Dammit, Marlon T. Moore. You are no longer living up to your nickname.The 38-year-old Miami resident, known far and wide as “X-Large Moore,” earned his moniker the hard way in June when the feds accused him of trying to swindle the IRS out of a cool $14 trillion. Yeah, trillion,…
Jailhouse Rescue Level saved him: I read New Times because the articles are so real and engaging. And I have to say “On the Level” (Francisco Alvarado, September 3) is no exception. It offers no apologies, makes no excuses, and is very gritty and realistic. It does not attempt to…
If the current South Florida thrash scene were a rotting animal carcass, then Vultures are Wolves would be the three-headed scavenger beast sent forth from, as the band describes it, the “disgusting swamps of Miami” to clean up the mess. (Well, maybe I shouldn’t say clean up so much as…
The Earth’s moon was full as we arrived at the medieval castle for the OpenFields Festival, in the Belgium village of Rêves.The Bermuda Triangle’s Flamingo prince, Otto von Schirach, instinctually quenched the crowd’s thirst for his signature style of alien beats, playing for close to two hours.As Otto performed under…
