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Failed School
In Allapattah, kids threaten teachers, and bosses look the other way.
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A Felony with That Croqueta?
Criminals are everywhere at the nation's best-known Cuban eatery.
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Lambs to Slaughter
Miami's Catholic leaders covered for a priest who drugged and sodomized at least a dozen boys.
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Puff, Puff, Class
We’re hitting the hookah at the Ritz-Carlton.
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Cuban Ballet in Exile
Some of the world's best dancers hang out at Costco, then perform Swan Lake.
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Failed School (99)
In Allapattah, kids threaten teachers, and bosses look the other way.
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Shirley Q. Liquor's Racist Scum (24)
Ban ugliness from Miami Beach.
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A Pregnant Pause (12)
Drink heavily and don't worry. That baby will be fine.
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Lambs to Slaughter (8)
Miami's Catholic leaders covered for a priest who drugged and sodomized at least a dozen boys.
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Carbonell Cold Shoulder (8)
We're all losers at South Florida's biggest awards show.
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Remaking Michael Jackson
Why waste money on (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better ones legally for free?
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A Pregnant Pause
Drink heavily and don't worry. That baby will be fine.
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Blaze of Glory
Jon Bon Jovi for governor?
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No One Ever Really Disappears
Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again.
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A Wizard Among Us
Todd Rundgren's space-age power-pop culture crash.
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Herald Kisses Corporate Ass
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Magic City Kitty - How do I Handcuff This P.Y.T.?
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Last Night: Eric Clapton at Hard Rock Live
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Radiohead Kicks Off World Tour in South Florida
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Video 50 Cent Gets His Chained Snatched in Angola
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By John Geluardi
Though this Gonzalo Rubalcaba fellow is an ace jazz pianist originally from Cuba, don't tag him a "Cuban" or "Afro-Cuban" jazz musician. Although he's been influenced by his homeland's traditions, Rubalcaba's approach has been likewise affected by classical music and the whole post-WWII jazz continuum, from bop to free to fusion. While one can hear shades of other great pianists in his playing — the deceptive simplicity of Thelonious Monk, the angular cool of Lennie Tristano — Rubalcaba has clearly and thoroughly absorbed their essences, but not their styles. He sounds like virtually no other. Avatar evokes Blue Note on-the-cusp-of-avant-garde classics such as Andrew Hill's Point of Departure and Tony Williams's Life Time.
The compositions are knotty and occasionally a bit thorny, but appealingly so, like a good movie mystery/drama (or a Monk tune) that elicits your close attention. Avatar always has a strong, rhythmic sense moving things along nicely; further, there's no long, meandering solos or tedious "explorations." Another expat from Cuba (and the Bay Area), multisaxophonist Yosvany Terry, lets loose some spirited but finely honed solos, and Matt Brewer's rippling bass is rock-solid. Hyperbole alert: This is one of the best jazz discs of '08.
