AltWeeklies Wire
Disney Die-Hardsnew

Disney's biggest fans can't be corralled by the mouse's official fan club.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Stefan Kamph |
10-26-2011 |
Culture
Vanilla Ice Talks About Madonna, Wallaroos and What's Nextnew
After a quick rise, Vanilla Ice quickly became America's favorite joke. But with time, the vitriol has worn off. Now, the name Vanilla Ice evokes the sweet charm, the unknowing innocence of another time.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
12-01-2009 |
Culture
South Florida's Underground Vampires Lust for More Than Your Heartnew

These folks are not your typical goth kids. Some of them claim to be psychic vampires with an ability to drain energy with their minds. And some are sanguine -- vampires who lust after and feed on human blood.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
02-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: South Florida, vampires
Invasion of the Amazon Womennew

Four Miami-area Amazons hold private fetish sessions for up to $500 an hour. They work both interdependently and collaboratively, and most are avid bodybuilders, strong enough to lift a midsize man above their heads. Usually, clients request the same things: trampling, overhead pressing, lifting and carrying, and/or wrestling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Natalie O'Neill |
10-06-2008 |
Culture
The Real Girlfriend Experience: My Hooker Romancenew

Call it some sort of half-baked sociological experiment: What happens when you take a hooker on a regular date? What happens when you share a walk on the beach or a piece of pizza instead of, oh, something that ends in job?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
09-23-2008 |
Culture
Frenchman with a Dream Pedals Across the Atlanticnew
Jean-Gabriel Chelala's trip wouldn't be a remarkable feat except that the boat he made the trip in has no engine or sails. It doesn't even have oars. Chelala made the daunting, 5,000-mile journey in a pedal boat.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
08-26-2008 |
Culture
Spring Break Is Still Decadent and Depraved -- and Awesome, Dude!new
Try as it might, Fort Lauderdale can't shake some diehard seasonal partiers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
04-08-2008 |
Culture
The Gator People!new
Strange creatures haunt Florida's Everglades. And that's just the humans.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gail Shepherd |
01-15-2008 |
Culture
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Lovernew
Some chasers say owning up to a fat fetish is like coming out of the closet a second time; chubbies and chasers are often ridiculed within a gay community where svelte figures and boyish good looks are prized.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-02-2007 |
Culture
Ultimate Party Cruisenew
The pitch for the high-seas bacchanalia was all about sex -- the payoff was anything but.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
09-19-2007 |
Culture
What's In a Mafia Name?new
The nation is as Mafia-mad as it has ever been, and Christopher J. Gambino clearly stands to ride the phenomenon all the way to the bank.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
05-15-2007 |
Culture
Tie Me Upnew

Just a bunch of kids who like to bind one another with ropes.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
03-06-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Hollywood (Florida) Confidentialnew
Cleaning up after the mess Anna Nicole Smith left behind.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kelly Cramer, Deirdra Funcheon and Jeff Stratton |
02-14-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Can You Hear Me, Adolf?new
A psychic speaks with Hitler -- and your pet dog too.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
01-09-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
After Baghdadnew
Farris Hassan, not done with his 15 minutes of fame, is up to his old tricks again.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
10-10-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles