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Sep 12-18, 2007

Sep 12-18, 2007 / Vol. 20 / No. 26

Urban Exploring

Readers' poll winners Best Neighborhood: Hillsborough Seminole Heights Best Neighborhood: Pinellas Old Northeast Best Beach Clearwater Beach Best Party District Ybor City Best Sports Bar Ferg’s Sports Bar and Grill Best Dance Club The Castle Best Gay/Lesbian Bar Georgie’s Alibi Best Strip Club Mons Venus Best Blog Sticks of Fire Best Kept Secret Kaleisia Tea…

by CL Staff

Arts & Entertainment

Readers' poll winners Best Theater Troupe American Stage Best Local Actor Richard Coppinger Best Local Actress Eileen Koteles Best Visual Artist Amanda Stiles Best Art Gallery STUDIO @620 Best Museum The Salvador Dalí Museum Best Standup Comedian Steve Arik Best Local Band Giddy-Up, Helicopter! Best Local Singer-Songwriter Rebekah Pulley Best Local Hip-Hop Act The Stick…

by CL Staff

Goods & Services

Readers' poll winners Best New Store Kohl’s Best Tattoo/Piercing Parlor Atomic Tattoos Best Personal Trainer Tim Ganley of Sculptured Bodies Best Day Spa Safety Harbor Spa & Resort Best Men’s Clothing Men’s Wearhouse Best Women’s Clothing Nordstrom Best Vintage Clothing La France Best Bookstore Barnes & Noble Best Clothing Designer Ben Chmura Best Veterinarian Dr.…

by CL Staff

Food & Drink

Readers' poll winners Best New Restaurant Fly Best Splurge Restaurant Bern`s Best Bargain Restaurant La Teresita Best Barbecue Restaurant Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q Best Sushi Restaurant Samurai Blue Best Italian Restaurant Carrabba’s Italian Grill Best Asian Restaurant Jasmine Thai Best Mexican Restaurant Vallarta’s Restaurante Best Vegetarian Restaurant Sweet Tomatoes Best Cuban Sandwich La Teresita Best…

by CL Staff

People & Politics

Readers' poll winners Best Local Politician Mayor Pam Iorio Worst Local Politician Ronda Storms Biggest Waste of Tax Money (Tie) Riverwalk/ Tampa Museum of Art Best Local Newspaper Reporter Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing Best Local Columnist Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times Best Local TV Anchor Gayle Sierens, WFLA NewsChannel 8 Best Local TV News Reporter…

by CL Staff

The Postmarks: ‘By The Numbers’

Miami-based indie pop band The Postmarks will follow their acclaimed, self-titled debut album with a series of cover songs called By The Numbers, said the band's multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Christopher Moll in a recent phone interview with Creative Loafing to advance their Sept. 29 concert with The Apples in Stereo at Crowbar, Ybor City. Moll wouldn't give…

by Wade Tatangelo

Coming Soon …

As at least four of you have probably noticed, the daily Short List has not appeared in this space since last Thursday. While I appreciate all the cards, flowers and well-wishing e-mails, I assure you that I am fine and have not taken ill with some terminal disease. Instead, everyone at CL has been hard…

by Joe Bardi

Burn Love Notes in the Morning

Use the stylus to write your love (or hate) notes, insert bread and the message gets burned onto the bread. What would you write on your morning toast? via Cooking Gadgets

by Jaden Hair

Larry Craig’s Super Tube(r)

I'd like to believe that someone would concoct a huge array of recipes, merely for one Larry Craig bathroom sex/cuisine joke, but this looks like the real deal. Which makes it even more hilarious. When asked for a recipe for an online cookbook called "Congress Cooks", Larry Craig's (soon to be former) wife Suzanne submitted…

by Brian Ries

Reviewed: WMNF 28th Birthday Bash

Photo of Magadog by Phil Bardi. CONCERT REVIEW BY WADE TATANGELO WMNF 28th Birthday Bash w/Kim Richey/Grupo Fantasma/Bogus Pomp/The Zydepunks/Rebekah Pulley/Magadog/Rocket 88, Sat., Sept. 15, Cuban Club. Ybor City. WMNF has played an integral role in bringing diverse, exhilarating bands to town for nearly three decades. We’ve come to expect it from ’em. Might even…

by Wade Tatangelo

Watch Wade and Aych rap

Actually, Aych (pronounced "H") is the only who does any rhyming. Here we are being interviewed yesterday at Tampa Bay Brewing Company for Media Talk. Click here to read my cover story on Umbrella Corporation, a collective of hip-hop DJs, producers and artists such as Aych.

by Wade Tatangelo

“Hello (Hic!) From My Heart”

What is today? Well, it’s the second day of Rosh Hashanah for one. And for Muslims, the second day of Ramadan. But it’s also the fourth day of Hello From My Heart week. You may remember “Hello From My Heart” from an Urban Explorer column I wrote last year. I heard about this rotund man,…

by Alex Pickett

The

Name of Kama Sutra Position:  The Slide Position: Stepping away from the traditional Kama Sutra by a little bit, we find a position that is a variation of “Splitting the Bamboo”, but places the woman in control of most of the action. To accomplish this, the woman lies on top of the man, with her…

by Web Editor

Jeff Wood Remembered

Senior Editor Eric Snider wrote this post: Woody’s dead. I’m not going to get maudlin on you, but, we all know, it sucks. I didn’t know him as well as some, and I hadn’t seen him in quite awhile, but we were buds of a sort. I met him while he was the drummer in…

by Wade Tatangelo

BEST OF THE BAY 2007: THE YEAR OF THE LOAFIES

Creative Loafing readers and editors have been selecting The Best of the Bay since 1990. But it was only recently that we started bringing the winners together in one place and handing out plaques to them in person. These get-togethers were friendly affairs (Yuengling Brewery one year, American Stage the next) but not exactly gala…

by CL Staff

The Short List — Thurs., Sept. 13

Happy New Year. Bigger, stronger, more crazy than ever: al-Qaeda is back. Anbar province has been hailed as a model of progress in Iraq. Bush just visited the area, meeting with Abdul Sittar Bezea al-Rishawi (the "desert warrior" who first organized Sunni tribes against al-Qaeda) and giving us all hope Iraq could be turning around.…

by Joe Bardi

Led Zeppelin: Ultimate set list

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham (son of original drummer John Bonham) will perform Nov. 26 Dec. 10 in London as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. Don't think I'll be able to swing a trip to jolly old England to catch this reunion of all reunion…

by Wade Tatangelo

The Short List — Wed., Sept. 12

If Mick and Keith can still do it, why not Robert and Jimmy? Vlad Putin dissolves the Russian government, and the Russian military tests a new bomb they claim is four times as powerful as the strongest U.S. conventional weapon. Bush has got to be jealous. In testimony to congress Gen. David Patraeus says he…

by Joe Bardi

Bruised Ribs

The Surge is RepugnantWe're talking about the way Britney's doughy ass was pushing out of the bottom of her bikini at the VMAs, not the Iraq War strategy. Actually, both. Crime in St. PetersburgTimes editorial acknowledges violent crime problem in black neighborhoods, blames — you guessed it — residents who don't snitch enough. Pakistan blowing…

by CL Staff

See & Do Planner

CL's must-do list for the week of Thurs., Sept. 13-Wed., Sept. 19 13Comedian Greg Morton — best known for his hilarious one-minute re-enactment of Star Wars — stops in Tampa to perform a string of shows beginning tonight. 8 p.m., Tampa Improv. 14Moving Current Dance Collective launches its 2007-08 season with An Evening of Contemporary…

by Leilani Polk

Umbrella’s nine core artists

Umbrella Corporation's personnel includes both emcees and behind-the-scenes contributors. For more information, go to MySpace.com/umbrellacorporation101. Listed below are Umbrella's nine core artists, their Web addresses and the names of key tracks that can be streamed or downloaded for free. AychAych101.comMySpace.com/aych101"Dolla & a Dream" Black ReignMySpace.com/blackreign813"Party Outside" Infarel (Long Range Bandits)MySpace.com/longrangebandits"Mess U Up" (feat. Actafool) JerseyMySpace.com/jerseymuzik"My…

by CL Staff

Saturday Afternoon Live

Renowned Pink Floyd guitarist/singer-songwriter David Gilmour debuts his new 85-minute live concert DVD, Remember That Night — Live at the Royal Albert Hall, in a one-day theatrical event hosted this Saturday by 111 movie theaters nationwide. Gilmour plays songs from his 2006 solo album, On An Island, along with various Floyd standards, among them, "Echoes,"…

by Leilani Polk

Leftovers

Like the Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week at the beginning of summer, Orlando is hosting a Magical Dining Month throughout September. For just $29 at "upscale," or $19 at "casual" participants, you can enjoy a three-course prix-fixe meal in the heart of our nation's playground. Emeril's Tchoup Chop at Universal is on the list, as are…

by Brian Ries

Tall Order

Jim Yoo used to be known as The Omelet King. Now he’s Julie — but the food’s still good

by Alex Pickett

Oedipus Wrecks

After the testicular humor of Balls of Fury, (a film that never met a gonad metaphor it didn't like), Mr. Woodcock may seem like the logical next step — a movie that gets, quite literally, to the root of the matter. Phallic shadows fall mightily all over Mr. Woodcock, but, sadly, the film lacks the…

by Lance Goldenberg

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