Entenmann’s Twitter Fail: #NotGuilty Hashtag About Death, not Donuts

According to the Washintgon Post, baked goods company Entenmann’s is doing emergency public relations backflips after someone at the makers of boxed coffee cakes tweeted “Who’s #notguilty about eating all the tasty treats they want? on their official @Entenmanns Twitter feed What’s the problem? The #notguilty hashtag was actually related…

No Leads In Will “Da Real One” Bell Homicide

More than a month after he was executed outside his North Miami venue, The Literary Cafe and Poetry Lounge, Will “Da Real One” Bell’s murder remains a mystery. Last week, Crimestoppers of Miami put up a $1,000 reward for any information on the suspects. Family and friends of the slain…

Grandma Hazel Mays Fought The Law And The Law Lost

​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 lets Miami police officers know there are bigger threats to their safety than 85-year-old grandmothers.Don’t let Hazel…

Letters from the issue of June 30, 2011

Apples and Oranges Look out: It’s unfortunate there are schools like the ones you describe that use McKay vouchers from the state (“Rotten to the Core,” Gus Garcia-Roberts,” June 23). If there were more accountability, maybe these schools wouldn’t exist. I’m sure all of us taxpayers would rather spend a…

White and Hispanic elites lie

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 wages war against the nonblack elites. If you are an African-American civic leader in Miami, you’re better…

Odd Future Reignites The Perennial War Between Art and Feelings

The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music…

Who Will Be In Carlos Gimenez’s Administration?

Carlos Gimenez won’t get sworn in as mayor until at least Friday, but he is already getting to work. Blogger Elaine de Valle reports Gimenez will be meeting today with County Manager Alina Hudak to start work on the budget which has to be presented to the county commission in…

McDonald’s Should Dump Its “Cafe con Leche”

I’m over it.First Pollo Tropical decides to Americanize the menu of its restaurants in the Northeast to attract more Anglo diners, then Dunkin’ Donuts comes out with the “Cuban Flatbread Sandwich,” and now, in what just might be one of the most derogatory forms of flattery I have ever seen,…

Five Times Carlos Gimenez Screwed The Taxpayers

Today is your last chance to decide which of the least suckiest candidates for county mayor you want to vote for. Yesterday, we told you how Julio Robaina shoved it to the taxpayers.Well, Carlos Gimenez has done his fair share of giving it to us with no Vaseline as well…

The Nonblack Elites Lie Again

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 wages war against Miami’s elitist secret society.If you are an African American civic leader in Miami, you’re…

Five Times Julio Robaina Screwed The Taxpayers

You know Miami-Dade politics is a joke when the county mayor’s race comes down to which guy sucks less. If you’re into a Cuban version of Arthur Fonzerelli with his own private shadow bank, you’ll vote for Julio Robaina. If you’re interested in the fire chief version of recently ousted…

Yelpers Parody Takes On Volunteer Restaurant Reviewers (Video)

Yelp started as a great way to spread the word on favorite restaurants and insider tips (ask for the veal, not generally on the menu or the waiter will bring you sparkling water at no extra charge). We laughed at and loved the reviews, but sometimes it seemed like Yelpers…

Britney, Jessica & W.: Five Dumbest Celebrity Food Quotes

While in Japan for a benefit concert recently, Lady Gaga told the Associated Press that she’s going to enjoy Tokyo and its food, and that her fans should do the same. “The most important thing, and the best thing, we could do for Japan right now is to boost tourism,…

Mugshots Friday: The Iceman, Chuckles and an Oscar Gamble Wanna-be

​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Urban Beach Weekend, Facebook, and the Age of the Ignorati

Almost a month after the ignominious conclusion of Memorial Day Weekend on Miami Beach, ignorance is still flowing strong on a Facebook group page calling for an end to the controversial week-long unofficial party.No matter how many times the administrators, who include Miami Beach gay activist Herb Sosa, remind folks to…