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21. Night&Day

    We’re Dreaming of a White Summer

    But like one you’ve never known.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: July 24, 2008

    The wind whistles and howls to announce the entrance of buckets upon buckets of faux snow, forcing you to realize you’re not in Kansas anymore, sweetie. An orchestra...

22. Night&Day

    "...It's Actually Fly" with Kenny Burns

    Published: July 24, 2008

    KENNY BURNS "The Ultimate Party Host/ Celebrity Lifestyle Specialist". Mr. Impeccable Tastemaker himself is best known for his past work as VP of Mariah Carey's Monarc Music...

23. Riptide

    Orange Crush

    A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

    By Alexander Zaitchik, Francisco Alvarado and Natalie O'Neill

    Published: July 24, 2008

    News Orange Crush A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse. By Alexander Zaitchik On July 11, the U.S. Department of Agriculture delivered some...

24. Metro

    Meet the Cocaine Queen

    Cocaine Cowboys sequel takes us to the web of the Black Widow.

    By Amy Guthrie

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Griselda Blanco has acquired many monikers in her 65 years. The Colombian drug dealer earned the title of "Cocaine Queen" in Seventies New York, and she became La Madrina...

25. Letters

    Letters from the Issue of July 24, 2008

    "If you wanna kick ass in UFC, you can't be scared to squish your genitalia (nice and close) up against another man."

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Wicked Indeed Toil and trouble: Thank you to Francisco Alvarado for keeping an eye on Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas and her dirty campaign tactics in "The...

26. Loon Over Miami

    Unicorn King

    He's the mysterious Oz of the hipster set. Finding him can be a bitch.

    By Elyse Wanshel

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Puerto Rico has the goat-sucking Chupacabra. West Virginia has the prophetic Mothman. Even Mobile, Alabama, boasts a dusk-dwelling tree leprechaun who climbed to fame in March...

27. Music

    The Alaskan Psych Freaks of Portugal. The Man Shamble Down to Culture Room

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Portugal. The Man likes spontaneity. In fact you might even say the Alaska quartet does things ass-backward. For example: Even though the band writes music while on the road...

28. Music

    18 Essential Songs of Summer

    The definitive sounds of encroaching melanoma.

    By Dave Segal

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Just as a fulfilling summer consists of familiar pleasures and thrilling adventures, summer soundtracks ideally should include obvious, reliable favorites and surprising gems....

29. Suicide Blonde

    Duke It Out

    Handicapping MoCA's next Battle of the Bands.

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: July 24, 2008

    One of the more fun music-related things to do this hot, slow summer has been to check out the one-off events surrounding the Museum of Contemporary Art's excellent show,...

30. Burner

    Head Spins: Johnny the Boy

    This skillful genre-bender never panders.

    By John Hood

    Published: July 24, 2008

    "I'm everything." So says Johnny the Boy as we take a booth at Rosinella and begin the ol' verbal heave-ho. Coming from any other nattily coiffed über-hipster, such a...

31. Burner

    The Summer After the Summer of Love

    It may not get its due, but 1968 helped alter rock's reality.

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Considering the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of a year that produced countless musical milestones, it's surprising how little has been made of it so far. While...

32. Burner

    Local Motion

    Another look at some recent South Florida music releases.

    By Abel Folgar

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Harmonix Instrumentals, Volume 1 (Self-released) www.myspace.com/harmonixanalogue This EP by reclusive musician/producer Harmonix could be a little dicey for the...

33. Livewire

    Random Movement

    By Eric W. Saeger

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Disregarding genre pigeonholing (i.e., ignoring all the drum 'n' bass-specific high-hat mayhem), if Random Movement's sound were to be correctly placed in a hypothetical...

34. Livewire

    Secondhand Serenade

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: July 24, 2008

    The obvious similarities between Secondhand Serenade, hailing from the suburbs of California's Bay Area, and homegrown sensation Dashboard Confessional are impossible to...

35. Livewire

    Guttermouth

    By Nicholas L. Hall

    Published: July 24, 2008

    You should know what to expect from a Guttermouth show. If the band's name doesn't spell it out, its reputation certainly should — there's a reason the guys were banned...

36. Livewire

    Return to Forever

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: July 24, 2008

    When Return to Forever disbanded in 1977 after going through four lineup configurations, the quartet's core members went on to develop stellar, fruitful careers. Al Di Meola...

37. Rotations

    Fourth Dimension

    Invazion (Hypercube Records)

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: July 24, 2008

    There's no denying that Fourth Dimension is one of South Florida's hardest-working reggae bands. The group gigs constantly — at least four or five nights a week —...

38. Rotations

    Various Artists

    Rmxxology (Delicious Vinyl)

    By William Hernandez

    Published: July 24, 2008

    In the late Eighties and early Nineties, hip-hop and house music constantly cross-pollinated. There was the Jungle Brothers' classic "Girl I'll House You." There was Special...

39. Rotations

    Katy Perry

    One of the Boys (Capitol)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Katy Perry is capable of remaking herself for any promising target demographic. In her teens, she delivered achingly sincere contemporary Christian fare that didn't turn out to...

40. Rotations

    RZA as Bobby Digital

    Digi Snacks (Koch)

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: July 24, 2008

    Near the end of Digi Snacks, Wu-Tang mastermind RZA states, "Hip-hop is all about having fun." And the production maestro, chess fanatic, and underrated MC indeed has a...