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Night&Day
A Secret Society of Maniacs
The Newport Guitar Festival meets Miami Beach.
By BRYNA GREENLAW
Published: April 10, 2008
A layman might guess mother-of-toilet-seat inlay is a nasty communicable disease. It’s not. Rather it’s just one of the many products at the Newport Guitar Festival...
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Night&Day
Dude, Check Out My Balls
They’re getting sweaty and sandy with AVP volleyball.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: April 10, 2008
Miami ain’t exactly California. When we visit the beaches on the West Coast, we discover an entirely different motivation behind a trip to the beach. People jog, sweat,...
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Metro
A Felony with That Croqueta?
Criminals are everywhere at the nation's best-known Cuban eatery.
By Isaiah Thompson
Published: April 10, 2008
On a recent weekday morning, in a small but impeccably decorated Coral Gables condo, Maritza Beato prepares for battle. At first glance, she doesn't seem like much of an...
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Metro
Wait, Let Me Change Hats
Senator Geller does costly deals but shuns the L word.
By Bob Norman
Published: April 10, 2008
When the City of Hallandale Beach bailed out a developer by wasting millions on a bad land deal, state Sen. Steven Geller was there. Geller, the Senate minority leader who...
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Riptide
Easy on Rudy
The newspaper of record plays softball with the schools chief.
By Francisco Alvarado, Isaiah Thompson and Natalie O'Neill
Published: April 10, 2008
News Easy on Rudy The newspaper of record plays softball with the schools chief. By Francisco Alvarado The Miami Herald does a fine job exposing waste and corruption at...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of April 10, 2008
Would you worship the picture of a political figure who had killed, let's say, your mom or dad because of difference of political opinion?
Published: April 10, 2008
Good Riddance, Che-meister! I'm a member of the Cuban punk band Guajiro, and after reading Chuck Strouse's April 3 column, "Che Who?" I have a funny anecdote for you regarding...
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Music
Dancing in the Bazaar
Golem's not a creature — it's a six-piece band waltzing in from New York.
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: April 10, 2008
Click here to listen to a track from Golem. Toss a rock out your window these days, and it seems very likely to bonk the noggin of someone who leads a folk-punk group straight...
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Burner
Swan Songs
Murder by Death creates stunning, dark works that transcend the provocative name.
By Nicholas L. Hall
Published: April 10, 2008
Murder by Death wants to be taken seriously. The Bloomington, Indiana-based quartet has been at it for the better part of a decade, and its efforts are finally starting to see...
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Burner
Beyond a Pretty Face
Rocker Juanes gets conscious.
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: April 10, 2008
The fact that this Colombian-born rockero opts not to sing any of his songs in English doesn't seem to hurt his appeal in the United States. Wherever he goes, his many fans buy...
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Burner
A Wizard Among Us
Todd Rundgren's space-age power-pop culture crash.
By John Hood
Published: April 10, 2008
Ah, Todd Rundgren. Where, oh where, oh where to begin? Let alone when. After 40 years in the business of music, place and time begin folding back in on each other, blurring the...
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Rotations
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: April 10, 2008
We expect a lot from our indie-ethos, crossover pop stars nowadays, even from a duo as inspired as Gnarls Barkley, a.k.a. DJ Danger Mouse and rapper Cee-Lo. We expect...
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Rotations
Nine Inch Nails
Ghosts I-IV (The Null Corporation)
By D.X. Ferris
Published: April 10, 2008
Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor makes the most of his recent hard-won freedom on the two-disc, all-instrumental Ghosts I-IV. It's the kind of record Interscope probably...
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Rotations
British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade)
By Jonathan Garrett
Published: April 10, 2008
Belying its hideous cover art and silly title, Do You Like Rock Music? is a work of surprising depth and invention. The third album from the pallid, Brighton-based Brits who go...
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Rotations
Black Spade
To Serve with Love (Om Hip Hop)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: April 10, 2008
All of my life, my father encouraged me to be open to all good music," St. Louis rapper Black Spade sings on the intro to his debut album, To Serve with Love. On his MySpace...
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Livewire
El Show Secreto
By Arielle Castillo
Published: April 10, 2008
Mix America's largest social networking website with its fastest-growing part of the population and what do you get? MySpace Latino, a recently official bilingual subsite of...
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Livewire
Iron and Wine
By Jason Ferguson
Published: April 10, 2008
There's a metaphor somewhere in Sam Beam's hair. Something that equates his newly expansive locks with the richer, full-bodied sound he now peddles as Iron and Wine. Something...
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Livewire
Falete
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: April 10, 2008
Alhough this 30-year-old flamenco singer had been performing in Europe for more than a decade, it was only after his debut solo recording, Amar Duele (Love Hurts), was released...
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Livewire
The Morning Of
By Braden Ruddy
Published: April 10, 2008
The Morning Of is a sextet of fresh-faced indie youngsters from upstate New York who have suddenly found themselves waking up on the sunny national stage. Boasting major...
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Clubs
A Pregnant Pause
Drink heavily and don't worry. That baby will be fine.
By Elyse Wanshel
Published: April 10, 2008
"If it's a boy, I'm going to name him Johnny Walker Black," I said to my friend Lola as I patted my pregnant belly. We were leaning back on the large, wooden bar inside...
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Cafe
Doug Rodriguez Is Back
New Latin cuisine moves to the Beach.
By Lee Klein
Published: April 10, 2008
Michelle Bernstein and Doug Rodriguez were recently announced as nominees for the James Beard Foundation's best chef in the south award. The first name is no surprise, for...
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