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A Fitting Farewell To The Herald’s Fallen

By Bob Norman
I don't have much to say about this, other than it's a beautiful tribute to those who are leaving the Miami Herald today in the latest round of layoffs. It actually feels like a eulogy -- not for the very-much-alive people in it, but for a time and place in...
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The Herbaliser

By Dominic Umile
The hip-hop disorder that sampling producer/arrangers the Herbaliser (Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba) loaded onto the FabricLive 26 compilation two years ago stands in sharp contrast to their previous LP's spy-film grooves. It was a clear sign that the British duo were exploring new sounds, and real fans of the...
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Global Shakedown

By Jonathan Cunningham
There must be something about the summer months. It seems like every other bubble-wrapped package that shows up in the mail these days is stuffed with offshore audible treats. While I obviously can't review them all, here are a couple of albums that have been banging loudly at the New...
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Various artists

By Mark Keresman
Even beyond his 1991 death, Miles Davis remains one of the world's most influential musicians and bandleaders. Davis impacted the jazz world first with his groundbreaking approaches in the 1950s and early '60s. Arguably, his electric period (roughly from 1970's Bitches Brew onward) directly impacted rock, funk, punk, and electronica...
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Projekt Evolution

By Cole Haddon
The music festival is nothing new; it's been around for decades here in the States, whether we're talking the Newport Folk Festival or current behemoths like Coachella and Bonnaroo. The origin of the relatively recent phenomenon of traveling tours, however — now, that's a different animal altogether. While some folks...
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The Punk is in the Pudding

By Terra Sullivan
In the early stages of a band, when the important things like song structure and matching guitar straps are established, the band’s moniker remains the most painstaking piece to cinch up. But sometimes it just sticks, like Angry Pudding. Bassist CK explains, “I was messaging online with a pal and...
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Xtreme Indoor Karting — You Gotta Have Balls

By Tara Nieuwesteeg
When I was growing up, my father and brothers were very competitive, or, more accurately, completely ruthless at videogames, board games, sports, bowling, air hockey, and especially go-carts. My dad is a great man, but he would completely kick my little toddler ass at Candy Land and any other board...
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Augustus Pablo’s Sonic Fetish, Remembered

By Richard Gehr
Born Herbert Swaby in 1954, Augustus Pablo was an orientalist before orientalism was uncool. The minor-chordal "Far East" sound the reggae auteur favored as a composer, producer, and no-frills melodica master may have been inspired by the Skatalites' Don Drummond, but it didn't take long for prolific Pablo to spread...
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Gordon Ramsay to Chastise Video Gamers this September

By John Linn
As if it wasn't enough that you couldn't screw up soufflés in your own kitchen without the fear of celeb-chef Gordon Ramsay's disembodied head floating in and calling you a f'in C, French video game publisher Ubisoft announced today that it plans to release Hell's Kitchen™: The Video Game for...
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Mighty Avenger

By Scott Foundas
Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who emerge by intent rather than happenstance. I mean the ones, like Batman's Bruce Wayne, whose transformation from average Joe into masked crusader is an act of will instead of the unintended result of a...
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Last Night: Gilberto Gil at the Fillmore Miami Beach

By Jose D. Duran
Ernest Barteldes Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil performs at the Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday night. Gilberto Gil Saturday, July 5, 2008 The Fillmore Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach Playing to an audience mostly formed by his many Brazilian fans, Gilberto Gil closed his six-city U.S. tour with a two-hour set designed...
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Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

By Chris Ward
The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by 16-year-olds, or another dramatic chipmunk. Still, people love this stuff. So it's no surprise that video-game developers are catering to the YouTube generation with "Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy"...
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Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox goes heavy on the gore and glitches

By Gary Hodges
It's probably a good thing Game On wasn't around to review Ninja Gaiden when it hit Xbox in 2004 — we probably would've written "an awesome, brutal, majestic action masterpiece," then filled the rest of the space with crude crayon drawings of ninjas. Because really, there'd be nothing else to...
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A Life Plan Snaps Into Place

By Jamie Laughlin
New York artist Nathan Sawaya is an idyllic example of following one’s bliss. Four years ago he had LEGO on the brain, so he did what anyone else would: Quit his law career to earn a living snapping plastic bricks together. But don’t muddle mental images of your kiddie construction...
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Art Finds a Way

By Michael Mills
Nobody portrays entrails as beautifully as Carol Prusa. Stripped of all their bloody messiness, pale organs float in a sort of stylized heavenly realm in her mixed-media paintings, a reminder that the words ether and ethereal share a common root. Ducts trail away from body parts, curling into plantlike tendrils...
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Guitar Shorty’s Got a Right to Sing the Blues

By Jonathan Cunningham
David Kearney isn't the type of senior citizen who wants to fade off into retirement. At the age of 72, he still sees himself as a confirmed bachelor, checks his email every day, loves his full-time job, and doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon. Kearney, better-known to the world...
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Oh No, They Say He’s Got to Go

By John Linn
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who liked Godzilla better as Tokyo’s radioactive harbinger of destruction, and those who liked him better when he became a cuddly defender of humanity against giant robots, space monsters, and mutated bugs. We’re not going to levy judgment on either...
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Best Margarita

Azteca RealHunting for the best margarita is a fun job. Aside from getting drunk in the name of research, you can learn a lot about what goes into making a quality margarita. While on the quest, you’ll notice that size does not matter. Some restaurants serve margaritas big enough to dive into while some upscale haunts […]
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Sobriety in a Bottle

By Michael J. Mooney
This is the old Mike Briggs. Curled up on the bathroom floor — convulsing, sweating, heart racing. Retching into the toilet. The whites of his eyes shot with red. Every part of his body aching. He wants nothing more than the one thing he knows will put an end to...
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Bernar Venet: New Saturation Paintings

By Marya Summers
Math is an abstract art: the poise of its symbols, the rhythmic repetitions of the lines, and rise and fall of its exponents and roots. "Bernar Venet: New Saturation Paintings" is art that exalts the beauty of equations. But you don't have to be a genius to appreciate it. We're...
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Blood Diamonds

By Brantley Hargrove
It's a creepy feeling, knowing these masked men have cased you for weeks, studying your every move. Leon Rozio had crossed paths with their kind before — highly organized South American theft gangs that employ sophisticated surveillance and commando-style assault tactics. Rozio, age 64, is one of a dying breed...