Email AuthorLaurie Charles
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Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Six Best EDM Parties on South Beach
May 21, 2013 in Crossfade
Don't let the suits and ties fool you. The Brass Knuckles dudes are badasses. If partying with The Knocks and Brass Knuckles are any indicator of what's in store for Memorial...
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Six Worst Miami Pick-Up Lines, According to the Ladies
May 20, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Laurie CharlesAt least the photobomber in the back didn't ask Delmarys out to Scarlett's. Listen up, fellas ... Pick-up lines rarely work. Most of the time, they are lame,...
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Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week
May 20, 2013 in Crossfade
Yngwie Malmsteen via Facebook.com/YngwieMalmsteenMusicGet your rock on with Yngwie Malmsteen. It's Monday, and although it may feel like the end of the world, here are a few things to cheer...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
May 17, 2013 in Crossfade
Get your heart beatin' like a stereo with Gym Class Heroes. If you're anything like the average American, you spend at least 40 hours a week slaving away in a cubicle....
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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week
May 15, 2013 in Crossfade
Calvin Harris via Facebook.com/calvinharris"Feel So Close" to Calvin Harris at LIV. It may not be the weekend. But who says you have to wait until Friday to party like a rock...
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Steve Roitstein on Naming Palo!: "There Was a Cuban Who Couldn't Understand My Name"
May 14, 2013 in Crossfade
PALO! may only have one album to their name (and a second one underway), but their ritmo y sazn has made a large impact in Miami's local music scene for...
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Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week
May 14, 2013 in Crossfade
Do the Harlem shake! Sure, we all look forward to the weekend... But when artists such as Duke Dumont, Baauer, and others of the caliber are the ones putting on a show...
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Six Best Moves to Win a Miami Bar Fight!
May 13, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Laurie CharlesBeware Teddy Collins and his pool stick. Bar fights: The result of way too much liquid courage combined with high levels of testosterone. Or, in some cases, cattiness. They...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
May 10, 2013 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/Mike.Shannon.7777Get your uhntz-uhntz on with Mike Shannon. Why hello there, Friday! We've been waiting for you all week. And now that you're finally here, we're throwing a two-day bash...
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Palo!'s Steve Roitstein Talks "Working on a New Album" and His Band's Tenth Anniversary
May 09, 2013 in Crossfade
Get caliente with Palo! The infectious sound of los timbales and bongos fuse with the keyboard as sax and vocals crescendo. In a matter of seconds, a seductive melody reverberates through...
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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week
May 08, 2013 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/bingoplayers"Get Up" and go Dutch with Bingo Players. Listen up, beat freaks. You don't have to wait till Friday to get your party on. Nope. That's for our friends up north,...
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Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week
May 07, 2013 in Crossfade
Conquer with Alejandro Sanz at the AAA. If you made it through yesterday's Cinco de Mayo hangover, then the rest of the week will pass as smoothly as a shot...
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Tootsie's Girls and a Sexy 88-Year-Old Buzzard Talk Streaking at Brew at the Zoo
May 06, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Laurie CharlesMeet Bob Beck, the 88-year-old Sexy Old Buzzard. Bearded brewski lovers, former college frat boys, tatted ex-military men, girls walking around in red Tootsie's t-shirts promoting the strip...
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Girl Flashes Boobs for Uncle Luke, Naughty by Nature, and Brew at the Zoo!
May 06, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Liliana MoraNaughty by Nature's Treach taming the wild beasts of Brew at the Zoo. Big-booty girls backing that ass up onstage with Uncle Luke and bros wearing shorts, screen...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
May 03, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Penn VonTastic Aragon via facebook.com/radioboxerParty with Radioboxer one last time. Take off your suit, kick off your shoes, and put on your party pants -- it's the weekend. In...
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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week
May 02, 2013 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/LilJonGet "yeaaahhh" with Lil Jon at LIV. One of the perks of living in Miami are the non-stop, bottle-poppin', liquor flowin' parties on South Beach. Not only do we have celebrity-status...
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Cinco de Mayo: Seven Best Parties in Miami
May 01, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Lex Hernandez Ay, ay, ay! rale, vato... Wasspenin! It's Cinco de Mayo, amigos, that time of year when we all celebrate the defeat of the French in the...
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Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week
April 30, 2013 in Crossfade
Go skate, you punk, with Suicidal Tendencies at Grand Central. It's Tuesday err'body. And that means we're one day closer to Friday. Luckily, you don't have to wait four, long, dreadful days...
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Carlos Ponce and Badass Bikers Talk Cinco de Mayo, Tequila Shots, and Donkey Shows
April 29, 2013 in Crossfade
El Vato via Facebook.com/ElVatoBar The background noise of small talk from athletes finishing the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run was interrupted by the roaring sound of motors as a group of about 15...
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Billboard Latin 2013's Winners and Losers
April 26, 2013 in Crossfade
AP Photo/Alan DiazIt's Daddy Yankee, yo. There was so much rumba y baile going on last night at the Billboard Latin Music Awards that the Bank United Center almost erupted with...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
April 26, 2013 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/TheDewarsGet dandy with The Dewars at . The weekend is so close, you can almost smell it. In a few hours, you'll want to throw your papers in the air, run...
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Floatopia 2013: The Ten Best Floats
April 22, 2013 in Cultist
All photos by Laurie CharlesGiant swans, purple dragons, and inflatable monkeys are just some of the floats that crowded the shores of South Beach on Saturday for the mega float...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
April 19, 2013 in Crossfade
Go blow a $10 wad with Uncle Luke.It's the weekend y'all! If the thought alone of these next two days doesn't want to make you get up, shred your papers,...
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Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend
April 12, 2013 in Crossfade
Jacob Jeffries via Facebook.com/jacobjeffriesbandCheck out his sweet vibes"Everybody's working' for the weekend." Oh, Loverboy, you may have been wrong about a lot of things, but you were sooo right about...
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Taylor Swift Superfans Talk Celebrity Exes, Taylor Haters, Throwing Punches for T-Swift
April 11, 2013 in Crossfade
Photo by Laurie Charles When Taylor Swift fanatics heard the news that Tay-Tay was coming to the Magic City ... OMG, they screamed uncontrollably. Then they immediately started planning out their...
