Do you know on this one block in New York you can buy croissants in five different places? There’s one store called Bonjour Croissant. It makes me want to go to Paris and open a store called Hello Toast. ~Fran LebowitzSixteen years ago, a young woman, with a baby in…
It’s highly unlikely that the Florida Citrus Commission even knows about, let alone condones, the upcoming five-city Citrus Circuit Tour. But it would definitely be in their best interest if they did. The four acts traveling together as the Citrus Circuit Tour are not only good, but they’re good for…
Back in May Crossfade told you about Laurie Miller, original member of the superstar girl group Expose, who brought the world hits like “Point Of No Return.”We also found her website which details her current life as a performer and talks about her experience in the cruise ship industry. If…
Despite E!’s best attempts to create programming that leaves viewers’ near brain dead, this preview clip for Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami got us thinking. Why are they so damn happy to be in Miami? The 40-second clip basically consists of the sisters running around going, “OMG, We’re in Miami!”…
Faulting Father Shame, shame: It makes me sick to my stomach to see how Alberto Cutié has been behaving with the media, as described in Francisco Alvarado’s June 18 story,” Happy Wedding Day, Father Cutié.” Even more important is how he has been behaving with Maxi Ratunuman, who is an…
Loon Over Miami: It’s Ladies’ Night
Let’s go ahead and just christen it the cocaine trade of the Double-Aughts: Medicare fraud may be a lot less sexy, but it sure is keeping federal prosecutors in Miami busy.One month after busting up a $21 million, three-state ring, the feds expanded that investigation and charged eight Miami residents –…
Those who have read the books Fast Food Nation or The Omnivore’s Dilemma, or articles such as Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear in Vanity Fair or Eat Shit and Die in Miami New Times, will find little to be startled over in Food, Inc. Yet those who haven’t been paying attention…
The central plot point of The Real Housewives of New Jersey has recently revolved around a mysterious book that revealed scandalous details about cast outsider Danielle Staub’s sordid past in Miami. The book, written by her ex-husband, claimed she was a stripper and coke fiend involved in a Colombian cartel-related kidnapping…
This past April, I wrote about ethics complaints filed against Myron Rosner, who was recently elected North Miami Beach mayor. Two female NMB residents accused Rosner of abusing his official position to get away with making renovations to his house without obtaining necessary approvals from the city council. They filed complaints…
This week’s Archive Diver brings you the billing for the Grove Cinema’s Hi-Volt Video Niteclub from June 22 – 28, 1988. Live musical acts featured that week included SKUM, currently undergoing a cinematic resurgence through a locally produced documentary by a former band member. The SKUM movie includes interviews with…
Slip N Slide’s been on a signing binge lately, with head honcho Ted Lucas snapping up Atlanta R&B group Jagged Edge, as well as a slew of other new acts. When I spoke to him in late May, Lucas waxed particularly enthusiastic about Georgia-based rapper Swazy Baby.His first single, “F…
A few months ago, Riptide reported on Miami-Dade Corrections Chief Tim Ryan’s habit of pissing off his black employees. Now the union representing all 2,700 of his workers is calling for Ryan’s resignation. In a letter sent to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez this month and obtained by Riptide, the union…
WQAM- 560 just announced that Neil Rogers is leaving the station for good. Rogers was suspended in May when he said “Fuck Joe Bell,” on the air. Bell, the station’s general manager, had fired Rogers’ producer and fill-in host, Jorge Rodriguez, the week before. Callers were angry. Beasley Broadcasting, which…
Cigarette and Black-N-Mild smoke wafted throughout the already stifling hot warehouse at 19100 SW 106 Ave. in unincorporated Miami-Dade. It was shortly after 9 p.m. this past June 20 when more than 100 relatives, friends, and members of the street gang Latin Syndicate filed into Bad Dog Fight Club, aka…
Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1. Cielo Playtime, Various artists dance compilation2. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day3. The End, Black Eyed Peas4. Defected in the House Ibiza 09, Various artists dance compilation5. Wolfgang Amadeus, PhoenixSweat Records, Miami1. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear2. The Eternal, Sonic Youth3. Ecstatic, Mos Def4. Eating Us, Black Moth…
It may seem like there’s been a blog avalanche on Crossfade about the Pretty Faces, but it’s because they deserve it. The Boca-based quartet is one of Palm Beach County’s best-kept rock secrets — a welcome, refreshing blast for fans of the Kinks, the Raspberries, Badfinger, and any number of…
Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend’s biggest shows. Click here to see past installments.There were several (although not obnoxiously too many) photographers at the So Raw Festival this past weekend in Miami, so it makes…
Last time we turned to Florida Marlins baseball, we watched a mediocre team being pummeled by the best in the game. The New York Yankee fans were giggling at the ineptitude of a school of Fish that could only garner three hits. It was pathetic, But that was last night. And…
Riptide had an insane week, and in case you missed anything, here are all the highlights. Perhaps you can use them to make small talk with your dad on Father’s day. 18 year-old Tyler Weinman was arrested and charged with being the notorious cat killer. He may have been brought down by…
As wild admirers of Johnny Cash, Karl Marx, and Pee Wee Herman, the ex-Miami and now Oakland-based outfit Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa makes a skuzzy, avant-garde sound that could be called “kinder commune rockabilly.” But that might be short-selling a crew that’s got as many facets as an LSD-25 trip in…
So I just had a Scooby Doo WTF? moment. This past June 10, at its annual Orchids & Onions Awards Presentation, the Urban Environment League recognized Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas for her efforts to make sure foreclosed houses don’t get trashed. Earlier this year, Seijas sponsored legislation that requires…
