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Letters
Letters from the Issue of February 14, 2008
"I do not think we cyclists have a chance."
Published: February 14, 2008
Whole Lotta Sharing Goin' On He's been whacked: In response to Isaiah Thompson's January 31 story, "Share the F**king Road": I have been a bike rider in Miami Beach for the...
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Music
Migrant Song
Los Tigres del Norte sing the tales of those who can't.
By Julienne Gage
Published: February 14, 2008
A group of Central American and Mexican men waits eagerly outside the Medrano Express courier offices in Homestead for a five-dollar snapshot. They're posing next to local...
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Suicide Blonde
Punks Have Hearts Too
Classic punk ballads for hardened hearts.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: February 14, 2008
The words punk rock love song might seem like a contradiction in terms, but those who have spent any time in punk's prickly embrace know better. Beneath the trappings of a...
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Burner
The Patron Saint of Seattle
Out now on DVD, About a Son fascinatingly traces Kurt Cobain's life without ever showing his face.
By Lily Moayeri
Published: February 14, 2008
There is a part in Nick Hornby's novel About a Boy where Kurt Cobain's image on a T-shirt is described as Jesus. For many, that idea is not far from the truth. Is there...
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Burner
The Name Game
Twenty years of identity crisis.
By Cole Haddon
Published: February 14, 2008
No Use for a Name has been around for 20 years, which is staggering when you consider that just about as many people know the punk band's name today as in 1987, though that...
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Burner
Another Side of Page and Plant
If the Internet had been around, would there still be a mythology of Led Zep?
By Ryan Foley
Published: February 14, 2008
Robert Plant once ad-libbed, "Does anybody remember laughter?" during a live go-'round of Led Zeppelin's radio-worn, double-headed guitar epic "Stairway to Heaven." The quip...
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Rotations
Diogo Brown
Daqui Pro Mondo (Golden Dome)
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: February 14, 2008
South Florida isn't exactly a hub for jazz. Despite the fact that a few solid jazz musicians have retired here and that some damn fine players were raised here, the culture of...
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Rotations
Lenny Kravitz
It Is Time for a Love Revolution (Virgin)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: February 14, 2008
Lenny Kravitz hates it when critics call him retro, contending that, like Mark McGwire, he's not here to talk about the past. Further, he goes on, love, revolution, and...
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Rotations
Various Artists
Brazil Classics 7: What's Happening in Pernambuco (Luaka Bop)
By Lily Moayeri
Published: February 14, 2008
The music of Brazil is constantly being revitalized. The latest hotspot, the state of Pernambuco, doesn't boast the flavorful vibe of Rio or the hefty smack of São...
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Rotations
Pato Banton
Never Give In (RAS/Cornerstone)
By Jason Ferguson
Published: February 14, 2008
The release in 1987 of Pato Banton's Never Give In was, in retrospect, something of a watershed moment. Though it may not have been immediately recognized as such, the album...
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Livewire
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
By John Hood
Published: February 14, 2008
You don't need to know the music of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to know that somehow, somewhere, sometime, you too have trod down that same long, dark road. But it helps,...
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Livewire
DJ Boris
By Eric W. Saeger
Published: February 14, 2008
Better hook up the Red Bull I.V. — DJ Boris is on his way to Space. The Russian-born 35-year-old is known as much for his marathon club sets (15 hours at Crobar in 2006,...
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Livewire
Second Sun
By Eric W. Saeger
Published: February 14, 2008
It ain't no disco when Second Sun blows up a room, or at least that's not how the Miami DJ duo looks at it. Sure, a lot of knob-twiddling is going on when the pair makes its...
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Livewire
Victor Wooten
By Jonathan Zwickel
Published: February 14, 2008
Known primarily for his role as bassist in Bla Fleck's Grammy-winning New Grass Revival band the Flecktones, Victor Wooten is a phenomenal composer and bandleader in his own...
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Cafe
Jumping the Snapper
Brosia boards the Mediterranean bandwagon, with mixed results.
By Lee Klein
Published: February 14, 2008
Remember macadamia-crusted yellowtail snapper in mango sauce? And papaya salsa, yuca mash, and a single plantain chip rising Iwo Jima-style from the plate? Ah, the bad old...
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Cafe
The Last Detail
Little Saigon loses points on the little things.
By Bill Citara
Published: February 14, 2008
If the devil is in the details, Little Saigon is a church. For years this North Miami Beacher has been one of the few bright lights in the local Asian dining scene, which is...
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Film
Vlogged to Death
Status update: Romero and his zombies are back to attack the Facebook generation.
By Nathan Lee
Published: February 14, 2008
Fleet-footed corpses are, from a physiological point of view, complete bullshit. "If you run that fast, your ankles will snap off," says Jason Creed (Josh Close) to fellow film...
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Film
More Adventures in Gangsterland
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's sightseeing hit-men flick, isn't much of a trip.
By Ella Taylor
Published: February 14, 2008
No celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell's eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy, and gloriously unilateral, they still aren't the prettiest things...
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Film
Absolutely, Positively
Can’t get enough of Bill Clinton? Have we got a movie for you.
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: February 14, 2008
Sandwiched somewhere between the American Spirit commercials and the Clinton campaigning that make up Definitely, Maybe is a surprisingly rewarding romantic comedy. Imagine,...
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Stage
When the Levee Aches
M Ensemble's Levee James is flawed but forceful.
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: February 14, 2008
Levee James begins as a fond family reminiscence, with a woman visiting her brother-in-law and his children on a cotton farm in rural Georgia. This, the first of four scenes,...
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