DJ Craze and Codes Are Cooking Something Up at Slow Roast Records

There were strange sounds simmering over at DJ Craze’s Slow Roast Records earlier this week. The Miami beat maker was holed up in his studio with Codes cooking up some dance beats. Here’s how it all came together … Codes was visiting Miami from New York City to celebrate Grand Central’s one-year anniversary and…

Dada 5000 Opens a Brawlers Academy

While covering Miami-Dade’s back-yard brawl, we come across some real pretenders, dudes who really just can’t cut it when they step into the ring. Either they’re out of shape or simply don’t have a grasp on the basics of fisticuffs. You see a lot of dudes taking wild swings or…

Memo To Miami City Commissioners: Red Light Cameras Suck

As cities around south Florida are ditching controversial red light camera programs, Miami’s elected officials are about to extend its contract with the company that provides the company that operates the video recorders. Ass backwards, you say? Well, it is the Magic City.At today’s city commission meeting, commissioners will vote…

Barack Obama Can’t Afford to Let Fox News Fold

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 goes to bat for Fox News.Rupert Murdoch is reaping what he sowed. The media magnate’s American-based cable…

Lynda Bell’s Broken Vow To Voters

​When Lynda Bell narrowly won her county commission seat last November, the Homestead politician promised she would reform the way Miami-Dade County government operates. “I want to bring the public sector to reality, face-to-face with what the private sector deals with,” she said. Nine months later, we’re still waiting.In fact,…

County Commissioner Barbara Jordan Is All Alone On An Iceberg

County Commissioner Barbara Jordan must be feeling really lonely these days. She’s not getting any attention from her fellow commissioners, so she’s resorting to sending them messages via prepared statements to the media.Jordan is upset with a component of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s proposed budget that calls for laying off…

Miami Gay-Bashing Club Calls Gay Activists “Bigoted Extremists”

The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition is standing strong in support of Oakland Park Commissioner Jed Shank, who voted against a proclamation last month to recognize Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride & Equality Month because, he said, it was disrespectful to dads to recognize the gays but not Father’s Day.This…

Bruno the Dim Loses One for the Billboard Industry

How the heck special interest groups and corporate conglomerates keep counting on Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro is beyond belief. It’s no secret Bruno the Dim is one of their tools, but the man can’t pass legislation to save his life.His latest failure was his inability to get one of…