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Feature
Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida
It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment
By New Times staff
Published: November 6, 2008
Finally, we’re not the laughingstock of the nation. First came 2000, when the world blamed us for W. Then came ’04, when the nation wondered why South Florida...
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Bob Norman
Kimbo Slice's a sissy: The fight that wasn't threatens to ruin a sport that isn't
By Bob Norman
Published: November 6, 2008
Michael Wilbon, a sports commentator with ESPN and the Washington Post, has recently and repeatedly declared that South Florida native Kimbo Slice took a dive October 4 in his...
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Music
The Well-Traveled Troubadour
Talking singers and song with Rufus Wainwright
By John Hood
Published: November 6, 2008
When Rufus Wainwright hits South Florida this weekend for a two-night stint, prepare to swoon. This is one crooning troubadour who could probably turn a grocery list into a...
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Short Cuts
Grails
By Jason Ferguson
Published: November 6, 2008
If there was ever auditory shorthand for "we're not fucking around," it would be starting your album with a half-minute of wrenching, agonizing screams that give way to a...
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Subtropical
Bigga Rankin Presents Brisco
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: November 6, 2008
Florida's hip-hop notoriety is going from hot to scalding with the release of Jacksonville-based DJ Bigga Rankin's latest mixtape, From Dade to Duval. It's a part of Rankin's...
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Live Wire
Freestyle Evolution
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: November 6, 2008
The neighborhood of Carol City is known for producing strong musical talent. Rick Ross and Flo Rida are from there, as are JT Money, Poison Clan, and mega-producer Bigg D. But...
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Outtakes
LA's Hipster Crusader
Franki Chan gets the party started
By Jose D. Duran
Published: November 6, 2008
With record labels going the way of the dinosaur these days, it's hard to fathom why anyone would want to go into the music business. But popular Los Angeles DJ and...
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Night Watch
Gimme Somethin' Real
Like an African-themed neighborhood bar with leopard upholstery?
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: November 6, 2008
Thursday night. A muggy, rainy South Florida night, and I was feeling particularly grouchy. It had been a long, punishing mini-Friday, the air around me was veering toward...
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Dish
A Good Chef Is Hard to Find
It's election season: Stephen Asprinio needs your vote
By Gail Shepherd
Published: November 6, 2008
My job as a restaurant critic is great fun, but there's a sad irony. I never become a regular customer. Budget and time limitations conspire: after a second or third visit I...
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Film
Stick With It, Movie Fans
FLIFF: Sex, growing up, and a spurious comeback
Published: November 6, 2008
These reviews are part of New Times' continuing coverage of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Fling — Formerly called Lie To Me, this is one of those...
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Night & Day
Slap on Some Patchouli
By Amy Guthrie
Published: November 6, 2008
Residents of Coconut Creek and environmentalists will host a benefit concert Sunday, November 9th, to raise money for their legal battle against a strip mall slated for...
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Night & Day
A Spider’s Luck
By Mike Sauer
Published: November 6, 2008
They say there is a great story behind every great band, and The Pink Spiders founding member, Matt Friction, definitely has one to tell after a year full of chaos and...
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Night & Day
Like a Book Fair, But Cooler
Artists, writers, and designers share the marquee at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: November 6, 2008
In most books, even very pretty ones, the art is subordinate to the text, and the design — the paper, the binding, the layout, the cover — is subordinate to...
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Night & Day
Man’s Ruin
Now, with a soundtrack
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: November 6, 2008
The word “scoundrel” doesn’t fully resonate until it’s shrieked, mid opera. You see, those professional Sopranos do more than hit high notes — they...
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Night & Day
The 39 steps
After a controversial loss to Chad Dawson, Glen Johnson is still old
By Sam Eifling
Published: November 6, 2008
Yo. Thirty-nine years old, in fact. To be a 39-year old boxer, you gotta have ropey old-man muscles, hardness built on hardness: That’s the only remedy for the light,...
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Night & Day
Highway to the Danger Zone
Take a trip back to the Cold War with Top Gun
By John Linn
Published: November 6, 2008
It’s the summer of 1986. You’re in your leather flight jacket, your hair slicked back, and a pair of aviators on. It’s the height of the Cold War, and the...
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Night & Day
The Case for Coldplay
Politics, religion, and Coldplay: topics that should never be breached among friends
By Terra Sullivan
Published: November 6, 2008
Many a rabid fan (writer included) logged on earlier this year to iTunes, itching to download the band’s fourth release, Viva la Vida. But for every one of them, there is...
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Night & Day
I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: November 6, 2008
As we become a more educated public, we feel guiltier for all of our misdeeds. Take recycling (or lack of it, rather). There’s a twinge of pain associated with throwing a...
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Night & Day
I Am Iron Man (Or Iron Woman)
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: November 6, 2008
Sure, you can hold your own at the gym. You scoff at lesser athletes as you jog past them on the beach, kicking up sand. But can you flip a tractor tire? Can you push a small...
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Night & Day
Panda Bears and Skewered Meat
Get indoctrinated at “Propaganda 2008.”
By John Linn
Published: November 6, 2008
“Corndogs are basically the best and worst of America,” says Aimee Sauer, spokeswoman for the National Corndog Federation. “Where else but America can you have...
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