Matt Preira

Late last week, the citizenry of Miami-Dade County was forced to see yet another one of its heroes fall -- dramatically and with the plummeting speed of an anchor thrown from a moving plane -- from grace. Rapper Trick Daddy (real name: Maurice Young) was apprehended by police for a...

One of the most oft-explored weed stereotypes deals with the inescapable small talk that comes with committing the USA's favorite non-violent, increasingly-legal crime. "What do you mean?" balks a utilitarian. "You show up. You spit out an amount and some dollars. And you leave." Ah! Anyone who has ever copped...

Lately, it seems like the only news we hear about pop megastar vocalist and international muse, Beyoncé Knowles, is that which screams a bloodthirsty cry of "Domesticity!" Is Queen B. pregnant? Where did she and Jay-Z travel last? And what was she wearing when they went there? She even named...

Chris Corsano is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the nebulous sphere of intentional aural insanity that constitutes free music and its various iterations as noise, psychedelia, and having-something-to-do-with-jazz. Since the late '90s, Corsano has performed solo and in infinite combinations of players — both heartily obscure and incredibly...

Chris Corsano is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the nebulous sphere of intentional aural insanity that constitutes free music and its various iterations as noise, psychedelia, and having-something-to-do-with-jazz. Since the late '90s, Corsano has performed solo and in infinite combinations of players -- both heartily obscure and incredibly...