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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Seven Sins, Village Voice Media True-Crime Anthology, Hits the E-Shelves

    An early-morning message from Village Voice Media:Every week, writers for New Times Broward-Palm Beach and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories.Now VVM has collected some of its be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    We Make Our Demands After Fox News Plagiarized This Website

    Fox News stooped to a bit of copyright infringement last week in lifting a story from the Pulp. In response, we sent a letter to Fox this morning with a reasonable demand for compensation. ​Dearest Fox News,It came as some surprise to see your January 27 article titled "Epic Campaign Ad Brings Oba ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2011

    The Buzz 103.1 Is Dead -- Long Live Sexist Radio Formats?

    Fox News stooped to a bit of copyright infringement last week in lifting a story from the Pulp. In response, we sent a letter to Fox this morning with a reasonable demand for compensation. ​Dearest Fox News,It came as some surprise to see your January 27 article titled "Epic Campaign Ad Brings Oba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2011

    The Herman Cain Cocktail, Hot-Ass Condiments, And Other Weekend Links

    Perhaps he needs a drink, among other things.​Called the 9-9-9, "Only a drink based on a catchphrase will suffice for a candidate so vaguely unsettling and unsettlingly vague that he appeals primarily to voters otherwise inclined toward the negative space on the ballot," writes Good's mixol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

    ​Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times.The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds.Neither government officials nor God's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Trend Alert: Vietnamese Cuisine, Epic Menus, and Man Food

    ​This past week, my colleagues from Village Voice Media had a good showing the Association of Food Journalism awards, which I attended in Charleston. Around tables at dinner and during speaker sessions, topics such as how soon to review a restaurant after it has opened, the role of critics in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Underage Sex Trafficking: Ashton Kutcher Is Wrong

    ​Bestiality is still legal in Florida for now, but everyone can agree that underage sex trafficking is not. Ashton Kutcher has been spouting off numbers in his latest media campaign, claiming there are 100,000 to 300,000 children in America forced into prostitution each year. He's wrong.We know be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Osama Bin Laden is Dead! (Dead Body PHOTO?)

    ​If you haven't yet heard, Osama bin Laden is dead!  President Obama just spoke and confirmed that his body

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    15-Year-Old Prostitute Arrested Along With Pimp, 58 Others

    ​Sixty souls were apprehended in Polk County over the last week, as Polk's finest spent your tax payer dollars arresting sex-workers and their clients. Among the apprehended were a sex-starved Disney mechanic and a man with breast implants who advertised his services on Backpage.com. (Backpage.com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Happy 420 From New Times!

    Miche Ratto​A lot of bad shit has happened on this day (and today has a lot of bad news): It's Hitler's birthday. It's the anniversary of the Columbine massacre. And a year ago, BP gave us one of the worst environmental disasters of all time. But let's face it, a lot of Americans associate Apri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    How "Policing the Police" Cover Art Was Made

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Linkin Park's Nuclear Epic "A Thousand Suns" Ignited Both Critical and Commercial Success

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2010

    LCD Soundsystem's "This Is Happening" Is Happening at Fillmore Miami Beach

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2010

    Bachata Bombers: A Latin Music Fan's Case Against Aventura

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    Going Green

    Illustration by Pete RyanThe final product.​We did something cool for this week's feature (or, at least, we're excited by it). We asked our cover illustrator, Pete Ryan, to provide video evidence of how he creates the illustrations Broward-Palm Beach New Times commissions him for. Click here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Speaking of Fish Wrappers: An Interview With the President of Village Voice Media

    ​After reading this week's cover story about the massive job losses and financial troubles at South Florida's daily newspapers, you may wonder how New Times is faring. Our tiny newsroom, not surprisingly, has also shrunk in recent years, although not by the same kind of numbers as the dailies.In t ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Peace, Love, and Terror

    The Weather Underground talked of peace, but FBI agents say members also planned a cop killing.

  • Culture

    July 16, 2009

    Dog Scratch Fever

    The world's so-called "preeminent canine artist" takes a bow(wow) at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Plater Hater

    Clean Plate Charlie is sooooo over it!Plagiarizing from our colleague Robert Sietsema up at the Village Voice, we're initiating an irregular feature based on the Voice's recurring food blog item "Things We Hate." Only we're not nearly so genteel as our cousins in Manhattan, and we're feeling ugly en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Race for the Burger Is On

    the Char-Hut one-third pounder getting toastedHow we agonize over this category every year when we're putting together our Best Of issue. We may as well be trying to pick the prettiest girl, the juiciest mango, the most colorful sunset. Hundreds of places sell hamburgers in Broward-Palm Beach. Dozen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Insider Account of the M/V Maersk Alabama

    Last week, the nation was captivated by the unfolding story of the M/V Maersk Alabama and the Somali pirates that held the ship's captain, Richard Phillips, hostage until the U.S. Navy took action four days later. It sounds like something straight out of a movie (come on: distant lands, pirates, co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    The Cuts Keep Coming

    I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Around the Voice - Metallica, Metallica, and more Metallica

    I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Around the Voice - McCarren Pool, Guitar Hero and the Democratic National Convention

    I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    Around the Voice - Dancehall Violence, Billy Bob Thornton and The Art of Screaming

    I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Craze and Dave Nada at The Vagabond August 14

    I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>

  • Film

    May 29, 2008

    Cannes Class of 2008

    A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    SXSW So Far (I Think): Black Angels, Van Morrison, Roky Erickson, Cut Copy, Tough Alliance

    A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    The Year in Music

    Our 2007 listening party with Vanilla Ice, Davy Jones, and Al Franken

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    Return of the Great Ginger Blooze

    Our 2007 listening party with Vanilla Ice, Davy Jones, and Al Franken

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Village Voice/New Times Executive Editor Arrested

    Our 2007 listening party with Vanilla Ice, Davy Jones, and Al Franken

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Concert Preview: James Blood Ulmer at Colony Theatre

    Our 2007 listening party with Vanilla Ice, Davy Jones, and Al Franken

  • News

    October 18, 2007
  • Blogs

    June 23, 2007

    Self-Serving Saturday Edition

    Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2007

    New Times, New Editor

    Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

  • Culture

    April 19, 2007

    Cleaning House

    The Caldwell catches a play hot off its premiere in New York — and nails it

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    The Race Is On

    Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Miami Herald Comes Clean A Little

    Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2006

    Sun-Sentinel Writer Headed to Village Voice

    Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2006

    Toppling the Tower of Babble

    Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Easy Ranking

    To Do: Make list. Read Pitchfork. Revise list.

  • Film

    November 24, 2005

    A Family Adrift

    The Squid and the Whale finds moments of joy amid the bitterness of divorce

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Letters July 1-7. 2004

    Help for Gay Islanders

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2003

    Real Gone Daddy

    Memoirs capture the Zeitgeist of an era

  • Culture

    May 30, 2002

    A Movable Feast

    The local International Hispanic Theatre Festival is one of the biggest and best of its kind -- when will South Florida discover it?

  • Calendar

    December 31, 1998

    Night & Day

    December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

  • Music

    June 18, 1998

    Short Cuts

    December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 23 - 29, 1998

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