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21. Night&Day

    Curiouser and Curiouser

    Bring your own subtext to Alice at The PlayGround Theatre.

    By BRETT GILLIN

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Let’s face it -- there aren’t many reasons to see the Miami Heat right now. The games are meaningless, and without Wade, the prospects of playing spoiler to playoff...

22. Night&Day

    Curiouser and Curiouser

    Bring your own subtext to Alice at The PlayGround Theatre.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has proven to be the rarest kind of cultural phenomenon – a literary work beloved by adults and...

23. Metro

    Cane Collapse

    How UM's March Madness came to an end.

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: March 27, 2008

    On Sunday, you, dear Miami fan, watched the Hurricanes nearly claw their way past the favored Texas Longhorns into the Sweet 16. And as you did, you probably thought the same...

24. Metro

    Kid Stuff

    Politics helped propel college dropout Carlos Manrique to the top of the educational ladder.

    By Francisco Alvarado

    Published: March 27, 2008

    On a recent Thursday about 1 p.m., Carlos Manrique is driving his white Hyundai SUV west on the Dolphin Expressway when he grins and compares himself to the founder of software...

25. Riptide

    Cops Are Cranky

    Miami spends $50K to find out the obvious.

    By Tamara Lush, Francisco Alvarado and Janine Zeitlin

    Published: March 27, 2008

    $50,000 News Flash! Cops Are Cranky Filed under: News Results from a Miami Police Department "work climate" study are in, and it suffices to say the men and women who patrol...

26. Letters

    Letters from the Issue of March 27, 2008

    "To think otherwise would imply he is a panderer and a racist."

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Poison the Fox If you don't, you'll drink contaminated water: I applaud Isaiah Thompson for writing "Poisoned Well" (March 20). It has been a matter of great concern for all...

27. Music

    Sound Advice

    How to indulge your musical ADD at Ultra.

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 27, 2008

    The real joy of a music festival is discovery, and the 10th edition of Ultra offers plenty of opportunities for it, whether through presenting familiar favorites in a new...

28. Music

    Kickin' It Old-School

    DJ Jazzy Jeff and Biz Markie splash down at the Shelborne Hotel's Sunday pool party.

    By Bernard Hacker

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Old-school, for people in their twenties to forties, is all about memories of growing up, from block parties and your uncle's Soul Train moves to Miami Vice-sytle silk...

29. Burner

    Witch Board Blues

    The Mars Volta's ghoulish space race.

    By John Hood

    Published: March 27, 2008

    The legend is such: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, six-string slinger and otherworldly composer for The Mars Volta, was one day rummaging around a junk shop in Jerusalem when he...

30. Burner

    Twilight Zone

    Detroit's DJ Godfather wires up the ghetto.

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Soulja Boy might know how to "Crank Dat," but Detroit's DJ Godfather still had to crank the kid up several notches — and maybe Superman that ho — for his unofficial...

31. Burner

    Acceptable in the '00s

    Calvin Harris didn't create disco, but he sure is giving it a new swing.

    By John Hood

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Some critics just don't get it. Or maybe they just don't get it enough. 'Cause if they did, they wouldn't get miffed about Calvin Harris's sexy two-step. Sure, the cat swings...

32. Rotations

    Señor Flavio

    Supersaund 2012 (Nacional)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Argentina's Flavio Mandinga, one of the founding members of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, has crafted a solo project that explores various sonic textures and defies genre...

33. Rotations

    Fuck Buttons

    Street Horrrsing (All Tomorrow's Parties)

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Despite the eyebrow-raising moniker's aggressive overtones, the Bristol, England duo of Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power wants little more than to give your cerebellum a...

34. Rotations

    Jamshied Sharifi

    One (Ceres)

    By Julienne Gage

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Your stomach grumbles as the office clock ticks slowly toward lunch hour. A co-worker is oblivious to the racket made by her speakerphone, and her fave totally-Eighties radio...

35. Rotations

    Frightened Rabbit

    The Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat Records)

    By Ryan Foley

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Basic human behavior dictates you walk backward for one of two reasons: You're either arguing with someone or acting like a dunderhead. In "My Backwards Walk," Frightened...

36. Livewire

    dirtybird records

    By Tony Ware

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Though an official label for only three years, dirtybird records and its quad crew of freq-y producer/DJs are no fledglings. San Francisco-based Claude VonStroke, Justin...

37. Livewire

    Gui Boratto

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 27, 2008

    At a time when São Paulo, Brazil, gets a whole lot of ink in the hipster press for its street-hewn favela beats, city resident Guilherme Boratto is focused on an...

38. Livewire

    Daz-I-Kue

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 27, 2008

    The Dirty South has a fascinating new musical addition, with Londoner Daz-I-Kue now dividing his time between the UK and Atlanta. This should open up a world of possibilities...

39. Livewire

    Damian Lazarus

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Before settling into his current and hopefully permanent role as a producer and DJ, Damian Lazarus wore a few different hats in the music and media businesses. In the early...

40. Livewire

    Amp Fiddler

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Hailing from Detroit, this singer and keyboard player is more like a man with a mission. Amp Fiddler travels in a multitude of directions, challenging the listener as he...