So warns the gentleman watching workers set up lights and cameras in front of a graffiti-strewn, one-story yellow house. The man's name is Tommie Lee Carter Sr. — "but they call me...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/skateboard-film-pits-overtown-against-sistrunk http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/neighbors-battle-in-cutler-bay Gripping a 12-gauge shotgun by the stock, Steven Robbins stormed out of a single-story home on Martinque Drive in Cutler Bay late in the evening of March 4. The tall, burly ex-Miami Beach cop, whose long, silvery mane and scruffy salt-and-pepper beard augment his imposing demeanor, marched toward...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/neighbors-battle-in-cutler-bay http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/killer-mold-in-miami-court Once an active skier and runner, U.S. Magistrate Theodore Klein could hardly breathe. His face was swollen from steroids. And he had to wheel around a portable oxygen canister.

He knew his killer long before he perished in September 2006.

"Ted strongly believed it was the mold in ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/killer-mold-in-miami-court http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/miami-pd-deputy-chief-frank-fernandez-to-replace-timoney It might be wishful thinking, but vociferous Miami Police union boss Armando Aguilar is still cheered by the rumors. "I've heard he's supposed to be leaving soon," he says. "Maybe by next week."

He speaks of the resignation of Chief John Timoney, nemesis of the officers' union.

Ti...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/miami-pd-deputy-chief-frank-fernandez-to-replace-timoney http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/topless-protesters-on-south-beach A couple of Saturdays ago, Donna Newman was walking the Miami Beach shoreline when she noticed a pretty ponytailed gal in a tight bikini and waved at her.

"Free yourself, lady!" the tan, middle-age Newman hollered into a microphone.

On cue, a troupe of topless female protesters be...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/topless-protesters-on-south-beach http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/conflict-of-interest-for-school-board-chair-agustin-barrera Last October, Miami-Dade School Board chairman Agustin Barrera hired Howard Diston to work on his house. The job: add a storage room and renovate the terrace, a closet, and the master bathroom of the chairman's $415,000 three-bedroom residence in South Miami.

There might have been more to...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/conflict-of-interest-for-school-board-chair-agustin-barrera http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/letters-from-the-issue-of-september-4-2008 Nice Job, Business Boys

Diamonds are a newspaper's best friend: Although I think the purpose of Brantley Hargrove's August 28 story, "Blood Diamonds," was to shine a light on a little-known and often-successful crime, I couldn't help laughing at the brutal hypocrisy througho...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/letters-from-the-issue-of-september-4-2008 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/you-got-your-tostone-in-my-tuna-casserole Hello, Kitty:

I'm a single woman. My job recently brought me to Miami from Saint Louis for a month to start up our Southern branch and I'm having a hard time fitting in. It's not so much the fact that my hair can't take the humidity (though it can't), it's just that I can't find gu...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/news/you-got-your-tostone-in-my-tuna-casserole http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/uncle-luke-talks-2-livecrew-rick-ross-and-his-new-vh1-reality-series Luther Campbell is a serious businessman. "Everyone in Miami who does rap music has worked for me in one way or another," the former 2 Live Crew frontman says on a recent afternoon at his Miami Lakes home. The man alternately known as Uncle Luke is relaxed, lounging in a light yellow polo shirt, ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/uncle-luke-talks-2-livecrew-rick-ross-and-his-new-vh1-reality-series http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/bendy-pastorius-group-plays-van-dyke-caf-eacute-bendy-pastorius-group-plays-van-dyke-caf-eacute Fusion. Within music, it's practically a dirty word. Though the term is intended to suggest the magic of endless possibilities, it has an unmistakably loaded ring to it. And much as in the realm of cuisine, anything that bears the "fusion" tag is likely to stir up derision, controversy, and debat...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/bendy-pastorius-group-plays-van-dyke-caf-eacute-bendy-pastorius-group-plays-van-dyke-caf-eacute http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/head-spins-keen-one If you've ever considered yourself a South Beach local, at one time or another you've been to Buck 15. Hell, you were probably there last night, which means you know the joint is located smack on the backside of Lincoln Road, and you have to already know where you're going to get there. You also ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/head-spins-keen-one http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/coming-up-rosy Although she has a degree in literature from a university in her native Rio de Janeiro, local singer-songwriter Rose Max always had music in her genes. "My great-grandfather was a classical composer and conductor, and my grandfather was part of the samba scene in Rio in the Thirties," she says. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/coming-up-rosy http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/local-motion Pool Party

25 Pool Party Sensational Hits (self-released)

www.myspace.com/poolparty

The best way to describe the legendary Pool Party is by stealing the description from the band's MySpace pa...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/local-motion http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/marc-anthony-and-alejandro-fernandez Last year, Marc Anthony received mixed reviews for his portrayal of salsa pioneer Héctor Lavoe in the big-budget biopic El Cantante. But that critical reception does not reflect the Nuyorican actor, singer, and songwriter's true star power. As he approaches his 40th birthday, Anthon...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/marc-anthony-and-alejandro-fernandez http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/mad-martigan-and-the-furious-dudes Real-deal rock-and-fucking-roll returns to usually buttoned-up South Miami this weekend, thanks to a new direction of musical programming at Bougainvillea's. Hidden away from the street by thick, verdant Florida flora, the laid-back bar in a cozy cottage is rededicating itself to nurturing the lo...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/mad-martigan-and-the-furious-dudes http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/torchewith-mehkago-n-t-and-jinchuu It's been a banner year for half-Miami/half-Atlanta-based (wahhh!) quartet Torche. The release of the band's second full-length album, Meanderthal, this past April unleashed an avalanche of megawatt praise from the likes of Spin, Mojo, Decibel, and basically everyone w...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/torchewith-mehkago-n-t-and-jinchuu http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/pablo-ceballos Pablo Ceballos, hailing from Madrid, is most often spotted controlling dance floors alongside DJ Chus (a.k.a. Jesus Lopez Esteban). Their location on the Iberian Peninsula inspired the duo to coin the term Iberican to describe their fierce blend of the worthy elements of house and, yes, ev...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/pablo-ceballos http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/nine-inch-nails A mere two months after unexpectedly unleashing the murky instrumental collection Ghosts I-IV, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor one-ups even himself by releasing a new studio album, The Slip, via nin.com — for free. This quiet appearance st...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/nine-inch-nails http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/css Your mouth is stuck to a thousand fags," the CSS member known as Lovefoxxx cheerfully raps at the end of the song called "Jager Yoga." And Donkey is Cansei de Ser Sexy's serious album. No, really — the next song is about spousal abuse. No one really knows what to do with CSS. ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/css http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/syclops Whether you believe (or care) that Maurice Fulton, a house producer known more for his techno-tinged outré-disco than the whoop-whoop of the genre, actually hooked up with three Finnish dudes to record this album of shape-shifting techno-jazz (as in: not techno-y or jazzy but somehow as im...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/syclops http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/vordul-mega Megagraphitti should help Vordul Mega overcome the stigma of being "the guy in Cannibal Ox who's not Vast Aire." Cannibal Ox is known for its 2002 El-P-produced underground hip-hop classic The Cold Vein, and Aire's presence on the work is more memorable, if only for his distinctive,...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/music/vordul-mega http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/dining/good-and-badrutt-s It's a restaurant, a lounge, a nightclub, and a cigar bar! It's a tony retreat for power-lunching suits, a semi-Med eatery for condo-canyon urbanites, and a late-night hot spot for causeway-averse trendoids!

It's Badrutt's Place!

If this slickly packaged newbie at South Miami Aven...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/dining/good-and-badrutt-s http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/film/in-the-heat-of-the-knight And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper — what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D., Bangkok Dangerous, College, and Disaster Movie) in the past 10 days that weren't prescreened for critics by their respective distributors? The...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/film/in-the-heat-of-the-knight http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/film/disaster-movie In the Adam Sandler vehicle Little Nicky, Hitler spends eternity in Hell in a frilly smock getting pineapples shoved up his butt. Compared to anyone watching Disaster Movie, he got off light. Rushed into production with no better drape for its threadbare gags than Cloverfield...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/film/disaster-movie http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/skirmish-in-the-swamp WEC Championship Battle between the World F...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/skirmish-in-the-swamp http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/chile-con-drama Film Chile Miami offers a vivid panorama of Chilean culture through the lens of the nation’s burgeoning cin...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/chile-con-drama http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/all-the-evils-of-mankind Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/all-the-evils-of-mankind http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/rock-out-for-breast-cancer Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/rock-out-for-breast-cancer http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/she-s-a-fragile-effin-flower Kathy Griffin caught a whiff of her own skin burning. Her efforts to reach mass-fame status landed her a spot on the lower-tier reality game show Celebrity Mole Hawaii. To win — and win she did — Griffin forced herself to tread barefoot across searing-hot ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/she-s-a-fragile-effin-flower http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/faith-and-flag-football Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/faith-and-flag-football http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/a-new-beginning Miami Dolphins were hailed as one of the proudest franchises in the NFL, with a long, rich history of greatness. Yet for the past decade or so, the Dolphins have played football like old people screw. The only way to watch any of their games was with an opium ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/a-new-beginning http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/free-at-last Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/free-at-last http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/finding-new-friends-through-fetish Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/finding-new-friends-through-fetish http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/man-massages-dog Bark Brunch at the Oasis from 10 a.m. ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/man-massages-dog http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/get-to-the-pointe Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/get-to-the-pointe http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/can-you-read-my-palm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/can-you-read-my-palm http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/get-sweaty Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/get-sweaty http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/red-light-special Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/red-light-special http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/cum-hear-some-poetry Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/cum-hear-some-poetry http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/nicole-loves-the-kids Nicole Henry is a local treasure — a cool, tall drink of water whose crooning calls to mind Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. Her voice is smoldering and sensual, jaunty and joyful, potent and sweet all at the same time. Her brand-new album, The Very Thought of You, ...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/nicole-loves-the-kids http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/the-view-will-save-you Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/the-view-will-save-you http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/my-face-is-melting Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/my-face-is-melting http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/large-and-in-charge Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/large-and-in-charge http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/yoga-on-the-terrace-at-spa-v Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/calendar/yoga-on-the-terrace-at-spa-v http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/culture/picasso-and-mir-oacute-at-the-bass-museum From expressive figurative illustrations to abstract geometries to surrealist musings, a new show at the Bass Museum of Art offers a rare look at sketches and drawings by some of the most influential artists of the past century.

"20th-Century Works on Paper from the Fundación Mapfr...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/culture/picasso-and-mir-oacute-at-the-bass-museum http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/culture/art-capsules Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967

Through September 7. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami; 305-893-6211, www.mocanomi.org

A nearly pitch-perfect twanging of complementary chords, thi...]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-09-04/culture/art-capsules