Crispin Porter + Bogusky has long been an anchor of Miami business. Coconut Grove-cool and booming. But now it’s on the decline, and this smells bad for the South Florida economy. Indeed, as the recession cools off spending among high-end consumers, the falling fortunes of this leader in boutique advertising…
Jesus in Shades So sorry: “In the Name of the King” (Gus Garcia Roberts, August 13) is a well-written investigative report. It is unbiased and straight to the point. But the front page is a disaster. Why in the name of God are you pimping Jesus Christ? Will you next…
Over the past four weeks, I’ve written a news article and several blog posts about Sean Casey, a 35-year-old Bostonian who was charged with DUI manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of Mary Montgomery in 2001.To recap, Casey is serving a 12-and-half year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2006 after…
The final, frenzied countdown to party time has begun. In exactly three days, the Magic City’s most discerning club rats — and fanatical apparel collectors — will swarm the Awarehouse for Saturday’s Sweat X Iggy Pop T-Shirt Release. (If you haven’t yet RSVP-ed, get on the list right now. Note:…
In this year’s City of Miami elections, the theme is “Taking It Back to the Old School,” considering Frank Carollo, brother of mercurial ex-Mayor Joe Carollo, is running for Joe Sanchez’s seat. And then there is Francis Xavier Suarez, who wants to replace Tomas Regalado on the commission dais. Francis…
Fantasma Productions was one of the top independent promotion and performance companies in the United States. It was founded and run by John Stoll. He owned the Carefree Center in Broward which housed Comedy Corner, where Larry The Cable Guy got his start. Stoll died in 2008. Click here to…
Miami-Dade Criminal Court Judge John Thornton denied Sean Casey’s request to unseal transcripts of secretly recorded conversations the convicted hit-and-run driver had with his attorney and therapist in 2004.The judge’s ruling almost certainly brings an end to Casey’s quest to overturn a plea deal that in 2006 sent him to prison for…
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) has launched a petition drive to ban poultry litter being used as cattle feed. Poultry litter consists primarily of chicken shit, feathers, spilled feed and bedding material that accumulate on the floors of the buildings that house chickens and turkeys. It can also include stuff…
Just before 9:30 p.m. July 13, Officer Eric Guzman flashed his lights and pulled over next to a litter-strewn grass field on NW Fifth Avenue, a few blocks north of the Miami River.Guzman, a five-year veteran of the Miami Police Department, had spotted a man who matched the description of…
So while every other registered blogger spent Sunday night with the premiere of Mad Men, True Blood, or the ol’ Adult Swim standbys, Riptide watched the debut of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami. Don’t ever say we’re not committed to our jobs. We can’t promise to do this every week,…
The more Riptide dissects Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s proposed budget cuts in order to make up a $427 million shortfall, the more we realize el alcalde fuerte is not gonna mess with his executive staff’s perks. The mayor’s spokeswoman, Vicki Mallette, confirmed Alvarez will not ax the approximately $101,200 a…
A woman set herself on fire at the Mall of the Americas, and surprisingly she wasn’t exactly the most stable person. Who will be our next Senator? Allan Bense? One of these ladies? The non-Governor Bob Martinez? Lincoln Diaz-Balart? A Miami Beach doctor apparently tried to chemically castrate Michael Jackson.Fired WPLG anchor Charles Perez…
UPDATE: Earlier this week, Miami-Dade County spokeswoman Vicki Mallette responded to my earlier report regarding executive salaries. I apologize to my readers for not posting her response sooner.She insisted that Alvarez is proposing in the budget a ten percent reduction to the county executive offices, which is not reflected in…
The endlessly fascinating thing about this flyer for the Obey Your Mastour kickoff party is the oddly erotic moment transpiring between the two humanoid creatures, struggling front and center. To be honest, I can’t fully decode the sequence or nature of whatever’s happening here … I mean, what exactly is…
Remember that Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry David has a sandwich named after him on his favorite deli’s menu, but he’s none too pleased with its unappetizing contents? To add insult to injury, he has no say with the owner as to his namesake’s fate and desperately attempts to…
No, Calahoney won’t take your dinner order, then wash the dishes. (Although, they might consider it, if you ask nice and promise to buy their album.) Truth is, Josue Cruz and Laura Askins don’t even run a restaurant. They’re a husband-and-wife duo who “teach in the winter and rock in…
You know Kourtney Kardashian? No, not the one with the butt. Nope, not the one who has a personality, either. That’s right, she’s the one with no butt or personality! Well, she’s pregnant! Which ensures all sorts of gossip headlines right before the premiere of Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami on E!…
Today at 2 p.m., Sean Casey will make his case before Judge John Thornton not to seal secretly recorded conversations the 35-year-old Bostonian had with his former lawyer Milton Hirsch and ex-therapist Michael Rappaport. Casey claims the conversations prove Hirsch and Rappaport lied on the stand when they denied advising…
Haters Spaniards stink: What a joke! Is “He Buried Che” (Tim Elfrink, August 6) seriously wasting six pages on this idiot’s story? If Gustavo Villoldo wants “justice,” how did his family of Spanish bloodline come into this fortune to begin with? Taíno Indians inhabited Cuba before the Spaniards enslaved them,…
Ice Station Victor: Frost Bite Thursdays at South Beach’s Hotel Victor
Just got this link in my Facebook inbox regarding a track for free download from Blu Jemz and Induce. The track is definitely a little off the beaten path. It features a plodding, eight-bit-style bass line and some funny and ridiculous spoken entreaties to a lost love. The chorus is…
Last night, Bravo once again broadcast a world it calls “Miami.” A place where becoming a “fashion designer” is as easy as hiring a kid fresh out of design school to create a line for you. A place where a manipulative, lying, borderline sociopathic lady is worth holding on to…
