7 2015 live shows I’m still kicking myself for missing
7. Ghost @ The Ritz Ybor
6. Peter Hook @ State Theatre
5. American Aquarium @ New World Brewery
4. Car Bomb Driver, Pretty Voices, Seafang @ Emerald
3. Kyle Kinane @ New World Brewery
2. Pre-Fest @ Ybor City
1. Have Gun, Will Travel & Friends — The Last Waltz @ Crowbar’s Reel Deal Thursdays
5 best local bites of 2015
5. Chicken curry @ Moon Under Water/Meet The Chefs
4. The Hipster Roll @ Cider Press Cafe
3. Mill Burger @ The Mill
2. Hot Chicken/savory grits @ Urban Comfort
1. Grouper, Romano beans, Key West pink shrimp and prosciutto broth @ Il Ritorno
10 things I’d like to see less of in 2016
10. IPAs
9. Longboards
8. Ampersandwiched business names
7. Pork lust
6. Auto-centric transportation development
5. Bourbon
4. Drones
3. Condos, condos, condos
2. Kale
1. Fucking apps, man
10 things I’d like to see more of in 2016
10. APAs
9. Beard tattoos (like permanent eyebrows for dudes — commit!)
8. Champagne cocktails
7. Doppelganging (where you all
go out looking exactly alike so no one can ID a specific individual in case of crimes)
6. Carpooling
5. Airport benders (where you all go to TIA after work on Friday and the last one to leave the terminal wins)
4. Hijab hugs
3. The return of the dirtbike as urban transportation
2. Brussels sprouts
1. Super-dank memes
8 best vape shop names not yet claimed in Tampa Bay
8. Life’s a Drag
7. Juiceheads
6. The Spark & Cloud
5. Thundernimbus
4. Cancers from the Future
3. Professor Dripwick’s Steampunk Apparatus & Flavorporium
2. Acme Tobacco Replacement Products, Inc.
1. Click & Blow
And, of course:
8 things Tampa could spend $29 million of public money on other than RJ Stadium
8. A million cats — hey, one of ’em’s bound to be an internet sensation
7. Give everybody 10 free Lexus lane runs
6. The Great Hillsborough Avenue Prostitute Makeover
5. Something something lots of crab legs
4. A taco blimp
3. Three words: Obliterate Dale Mabry
2. A really nice Cam Newton statue
1. Trilbys for all!
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2015.
