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The Year’s Top Ten List for Metal Features Four Ties

This year was such a good one for heavy music, I wound up having to cheat when putting this list together. I couldn't settle on just ten albums that kicked my ass the hardest in 2009; there were dozens of candidates. The best I could do was 14, so each...
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Clubland Confidential

The past year brought the worst economy since the malaise of the '70s, and like that era, it also saw dance music sweep the nation. Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs all dabbled in the sound. Even Michael Jackson, before his untimely death in...
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Miami Caliente Stars Named to Lingerie Football All-Star Team

Five players from the Miami Caliente will represent the eastern conference at the first Lingerie Football League all-star game in Monterrey, Mexico. The matchup, dubbed the "All-Fantasy Game" by the league, is scheduled for June 10.Quarterback Anonka Dixon and wide receiver-slash-safety-slash kicker Tina Caccavale, a team captain, will both start...
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Players Club

Chess hasn't been this sexy or subversive since The Thomas Crown Affair. A French film directed by Caroline Bottaro, Queen to Play follows a middle-aged hotel maid Hellene (Sandrine Bonnaire) who, after seeing a couple engage in some seriously, sexually tense chess on their hotel balcony, decides to take up...
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Queen to Play

Chess hasn't been this sexy or subversive since The Thomas Crown Affair. A French film directed by Caroline Bottaro, Queen to Play follows a middle-aged hotel maid Hellene (Sandrine Bonnaire) who, after seeing a couple engage in some seriously, sexually tense chess on their hotel balcony, decides to take up...
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Five Points

South African contemporary artist William Kentridge made Time’s list of “100 Most Influential People” this year. However, being listed among such heavy hitters as Hillary Clinton, The Twitter Guys, and Paul Krugman wasn’t the most impressive part. The person who wrote the item that gushes praise for the artist is...
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South Florida’s Cookie Diet War Goes Global

Dr. Sanford Siegal, the so-called "cookie doctor" from Kendall and partner-turned-rival Dr. Sasson Moulavi of Boca Raton have taken their diet war into the pages of the New York Times. Siegal gets more ink, but he also gets the biggest share of skepticism. From the article, headlined "Skin Deep" in...
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Satoro in Hollywood Is Loud, Confusing, and Just Plain Wrong

There's a moment in each restaurant meal when you're forced to decide if what you are doing with your life is in fact enjoyable. It happened for me at Satoro Restaurant and Lounge while I was eating a slice of Mediterranean flatbread pizza that I did not order. A female...
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New EP by Alexi Delano and Alejandro Sab Out Today

​Crossfade has been following Miami-based DJ/producer Alejandro Sab for a while now, considering his PL0T parties and international artist bookings have been a veritable cornerstone of our local underground EDM scene for the last couple years. At least once a month since 2007 PL0T has made us privy to some...
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Rothstein Feeder George Levin’s Ugly Past

If you feel at all sorry for Fort Lauderdale businessman George Levin for apparently losing a great deal of his money -- or other people's money -- in Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme, you can stop now. Levin was behind the Banyon Investors Fund, which drew other hedge funds and investors...
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Rothstein Claimed to Have Incriminating Photos on Pulp

The Sun-Sentinel's Michael Mayo today reports on his ultimately futile journalistic mating dance with Scott Rothstein, one that even included pet names between them, Brooklyn and Bronx. ​There's not a lot of new information in there, but it does give you some insight into Rothstein's mindset. And I don't think...
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Peace, Love, and Terror

On the night of February 16, 1970, Brian McDonnell was sorting through bulletins on the Teletype machine at Park Police Station in the Upper Haight neighborhood of San Francisco. The respected 44-year-old sergeant was checking results from the recent union elections in which he was running for station representative. Steady...
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Clint Eastwood Tackles Mandela and the Hereafter

On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal monolith of Table Mountain in the distance, while down by the city's busy waterfront, the players of South Africa's national rugby union team — the Springboks — go for a training run. Only...
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Recipe: Park Avenue BBQ and Grill’s Sweet Corn Fritters

My favorite thing at Park Avenue BBQ and Grill is not barbecue at all -- it's the sweet, deep fried corn fritters ordered a la carte from the menu. Unlike hush puppies or typical corn fritters, Park Avenue's version are cakey and moist and totally absent of rough, corn meal...
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Former Retail Giant Blockbuster Struggles With What’s Next

In a Dallas strip mall, in the neighborhood George W. Bush now calls home, sits a bright and fluorescent Blockbuster that, on this cold Thursday night in December, is populated by maybe a handful of customers — high schoolers grabbing a game, a middle-aged mom checking to see if Julie...
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Nutritional Supplement Maker in Boca Convicted of Fraud

Poor Frank Sarcona, AKA Frank Sarcone, AKA Dave Johnson. Whatever the chap's name, he lacks the creativity to concoct new scams. Sarcona -- let's stick with that -- was convicted last week by a federal jury for a host of fraud charges, after he violated the terms of an injunction...
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Order Up: Basilic Vietnamese Grill

Vietnamese is fun food. Playing with the various condiments available -- fish sauce (nuoc cham), chili paste, soy, lemongrass and garlic spread, hoisin, sriracha, and more -- requires a bit of lightheartedness coupled with a willingness to experiment. But the results are very exciting, especially at Basilic Vietnamese Grill, a...
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Two Stabbings at Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan; Nazi Sympathizer’s Supporters May Be Involved

DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"15617",bannerAdObjectID:"null",videoAdObjectID:"null",videoAdConDefID:"2",playerInstanceID:"24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F",domain:"wptv.dayport.com",rootCategory:"null",categoryID:"3",accPos:"CCTVI.NEWS.CENTRALPBC",accSite:"WPTV"});That's last night's CBS 12 report, which tells of two people stabbed at the Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan, where it's believed neo-Nazi author David Irving was giving a speech.Juice was the first to report that Irving was scheduled to appear in the area, though prospective demonstrators had yet to learn his...
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Garage Rock A-Go Go!

Do you like a little jangle with your reverb? Test drive the collection of work by low-fi femmes the Vivian Girls. Balancing between gritty and pretty, this trio channels the gymnasium echoes of ‘60s girl groups (sans the hand claps), with equal parts Wipers, and adds just a dash of...