Does anyone actually think building a 5 story boat warehouse in the middle of Matheson Hammock is a good idea? Didn’t think so. Find out more and sign the petition here.

So Reddit is apparently the hottest thing in social aggregation since sliced bread and/or Digg. There is an anonymous AMA (ask me anything) on being a doorman at a Miami club that’s revealing
on many levels, not the least of which by showing how misunderstood Miami is generally.

That said, tha author’s advice so far boils down as following:

• Don’t be fat and a girl.
• Don’t be either a) skinny and alone or b) fat and poor if you’re a dude.
• Related: C.R.E.A.M.
• More girls are always better and if you’re either of the above hide in a crowd.
• Cut in line all you want, just don’t create a “disturbance.”
• The doorman is more articulate and has a better sense of humor than you give him credit for. He’s also not happy at having to be a dick.
• Don’t wear Ed Hardy or Tapout apparel (which explains a lot about why I keep getting turned away at clubs, ok not really.)

Jeff Rollason gives like the best interviews ever. Anyway. He’s been doing Night of the Weirds for a few years now. I love them. They offer a haunting mix of bizarre performances and strange sounds, stupid looks and questionable concepts. Not all bad, some deliciously terrible, but, thankfully, not boring. The last Weirds night, Summer of Weirds, fell on my birthday. I knew it was because I’m such a super fan. At that one, Ballscarf showed a video of Aiden Dillard shitting.

But there’s more to Night of the Weirds than deification. There’s some yelling too. And drama. It’s experimental, bro. Any show whose lineup includes both Raffa Jo and Rat Bastard is one worth attending in my book.

Check out winter*wonder*weirds Thursday night at Churchill’s Pub (5501 NE Second Ave., Miami). It’s free, starts at like 7:30, and it’s freeeeee. RSVP on Facebook here.

Full schedule exists after the jump.

I happened to be over at Miami Art Museum the other day, and Michael Balbone, who you might know from Less Concept More Action or because he creates amusing and amazing works of art, has revamped the museum’s gift shop. It’s now filled with items that your family will want, well, your family that knows the Miami art scene or has a stellar sense of humor. Check out this madness here.

According to this recent Herald article on the “brain drain” of young professionals leaving South Florida, the top 5 cities with the greatest net loss of 25 to 34 year olds are L.A., New York, Chicago, Detroit and Miami. In other words: 3 places with traditionally high ebbs and flows of residents, one dying industrial city, and then Miami. Not sure what to draw from this except to say it apparently sucks to be young and in SoFla and thus the obvious answer is to build a casino. Or something.

It was kind of windy yesterday, but that didn’t stop Misael Soto from executing his plan to lay out on a huge towel he constructed. The purpose of going out to 6th Street on Miami Beach was to bring strangers together to lounge around with him on the sand.

Misael’s work is playful, fun, and speaks about community and friends. He got about twenty people to commit to chatting with him and becoming new buds on the big blue towel, while others just sat around on it. According to Soto he wanted to, in a public arena “break the barrier of how people set aside their own space.” When folks go to the beach, the towel is their real estate for the day. He said, “I wanted to subvert that with a big ass one that is for everybody. It’s everybody’s beach towel.” He’ll probably be on 17th Street again on Sunday.

Look how big it is!

Drown will be a musical adventure, if you will, taking place tomorrow at General Practice. It will feature some of the best bands from Miami and some from out of town. Huffington Post Miami launched today with an article by Liz Tracy on Viking Funeral. Read it here, or read it there.

Today is the preview of Scope Art Show, which is put together by THL friend Daniel Laburu and will feature one of my favorite people and artists Farley Aguilar. His cryptic and haunting paintings will be taking over Booth B23, curated by Anthony Spinello. Make sure to stop by. Farley’s work is the shit (there’s an art term for ya).

Graffiti culture as we know it strengthened and expanded during the eighties. In South Florida, a community of artists who have been tagging away for the past three decades have come together on a project. Reuniting through a Facebook group, Miami Graffiti History aka MGH80’s, members Aurelio Roman aka DMS organized a memorial and gathering of writers, even ones from out of town. Over a dozen artists will be working on a massive mural on a wall outside of the Bakehouse Art Complex this Art Basel. There will be DJs and dancing.

This image was created by Lalo Vargas aka END with TIME and GWIZ to memorialize a friend who passed away, Ocho Placas tattoo shop’s Jose L Carrera aka Nasty Nes.

Check it out live till Dec. 2 at 561 NW 32nd Street.

Sarah Glidden is a cartoonist living in Brooklyn. While in town last week for the Miami Book Fair, she paid a visit to Occupy Miami and drew the people she met and the stories they had to share. Check out the short comic she made here!

Check out Hialeah Haikus by Alejandro Nodarse, Elena Santayana, Marco Ramirez and Alex Fumero this Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. at the Miami Book Fair International Centre Gallery (Building 1, 3rd Floor, Room 1365). Click here for the rest of the Musical Masters Series.

Check out Jose tonight at Shake Rockers vs. Bros at The Vagabond (30 NE 14 Street). Now read the real story of the mystical, the magical, the delightful Mr. Jose Flores.

Ric Delgado: I wanted to start of with The Getback stuff, cause I know that’s the big thing coming up. Not that long ago I ran into Gus [Gonzalez, guitar] , and I wanted to touch on when you guys had just gotten signed by Livid Records, not that long ago. There was like this big “Yes! The Getback got signed,” but when I talked to Gus it was more like, “we do it for fun, it’s cool on the side” are you in that mindset also? “It’s fun, it’s cool, it’s once a month, we don’t do that many shows…”

Jose Flores: I think like 10 years ago we were trying to make it. We did the Warped tour date in ’02 or ’03 and tried to get on the bigger dates and taking the band more seriously. I was thinking about that the other day, it wasn’t fun anymore, it was like “what do we have to do?” Not like musically, but working as a band. There was touring, we did one or two out of Miami weekend [tours]. We knew people weren’t going to show up, because no one knew us, and we had to go out of town a lot more.

Then we took time off, I think we kinda broke up in 2003.