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Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2007

Aug 29 - Sep 4, 2007 / Vol. 20 / No. 24

Lift A Pint To The Beer Hunter

Last Thursday, beer maven and writer Michael Jackson died. If you've never heard of him, you've probably never read about beer. For almost four decades he had been the blessed brew's most tireless supporter, describing — occasionally with flowery love and occasionally with frank calculation — the popular and obscure styles of the world's beers.…

by Brian Ries

My Last Conversation with the late Sgt. Quandt

This weekend marked another funeral for a local police officer. Sergeant Phil Quandt, a 22-year veteran of the St. Petersburg Police Department and local Fraternal Order of Police chapter representative, died last Monday after being admitted to the hospital for breathing problems. His funeral was Saturday. He was 45. Over the past year, I spoke…

by Alex Pickett

Homelessness: Coming to a Cemetery Near You?

That’s just one of the ideas coming from Catholic Charities to help control the homeless population on county streets. The St. Petersburg-based social services agency recently proposed allowing the homeless to sleep at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery off U.S. 19 just outside Pinellas Park. “We have all kinds of ideas,” says Chief Operating Officer Sheila…

by Alex Pickett

The Short List — Tues., Sept. 4

Lede-ing with our noses … "After a brief interruption of his New Hampshire vacation to meet President Bush in the family compound at Kenebunkport, Maine, French President Nicolas Sarkozy came away convinced his U.S. counterpart is serious about bombing Iran's secret nuclear facilities." "Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm."…

by Joe Bardi

Kelly Clarkson makes me so, um, excited…

That apparently my mind simply could not accept the fact that her Sept. 2 show at the St. Pete Times Forum WAS CANCELED! I'm sure the information came across my desk, my computer … seeped into my brain at some point. But it just didn't register. I wanted it so badly, to see the charming,…

by Wade Tatangelo

Top 10: BBQ songs

I just got back from Uncle Rodney's Rib House. The place is a glorified shack on South MacDill, with no AC and the best barbecue in all of Tampa. Seriously. I haven't had chopped pork this moist and flavorful since my last visit to Austin. And Rodney's collard greens make even a non-veggie eating carnivore…

by Wade Tatangelo

Striking and Sound

Position:  Chapter VII: Striking and Sound (S&S) Striking is of three main kinds: Striking with the back of the hand Striking with the fingers a little contracted Striking with the open palm of the hand On account of its stinging, striking should give rise to the hissing sound: The sound Hin The thundering sound The…

by Web Editor

The Short List — Thurs., Aug. 30

Clearly not gay. Miami's condo market goes bust. 1996 Olympic Park bomb hero Richard Jewell dies of natural causes … if "natural causes" include being accused of terrorism by an ill-informed mainstream media who beat the story like a pinata until you become a pariah/villain in a town that should be celebrating you as a…

by Joe Bardi

Signed, Anonymous.

Abut a month ago, the New York Daily News hired a brand new restaurant critic with a gimmick: she's a food blogger and she's not anonymous. You can read here in the corporate fluff piece how she feels it's important for "readers to have someone to identify with" and how "her radar will be tuned…

by Brian Ries

The Short List — Wed., Aug. 29

Look out!!!!! Hillary Clinton's fund-raising machine may be running afoul of the law. Or, maybe there really is a very generous family of six living near the San Francisco airport. The new number of Americans without health insurance: 47 million. Is that a presidential saber I hear rattling? Katie Couric is heading to the Middle…

by Joe Bardi

Tales From the Road: Featured Hitchiker Makes It to NOLA

I just heard from my traveler buddy and fellow hitchhiker Ethan Clarkson who came with me on my hitchhiking trip across Florida earlier this month. Two weeks ago, Clarkson skipped town and to New Orleans. He sends me this quick note about his latest travels that yields more questions than answers: Crazy crackheads pullin’ knives…

by Alex Pickett

Education Channel Director Calls On Public

From Ann Goldenberg, executive director of the Tampa Educational Cable Consortium, on the Hillsborough County Commission’s vote to not fund the Education Channel: Dear Friends of The Education Channel, I am very disheartened to bring you the news that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted to zero fund TECC on July 31. Current public…

by Alex Pickett

Propaganda Parody

Writing partners Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy were on a road trip listening to Frank Zappa's 1979 rock opera, Joe's Garage, when they came up with the idea. What if they took Zappa's concept — a tongue-in-cheek musical with a pseudo-earnest narrator — and applied it to Reefer Madness? The 1936 cult-classic propaganda flick exaggerated…

by Leilani Polk

Dropping like flies

Preachers Randy and Paula White to divorceSeparation agreement details that Randy gets God on alternating weekends and for two weeks every summer. Florida Democrats to be stripped of delegatesIt's OK; Florida Democrats are used to their votes not counting. Alberto Gonzalez resignsAdios, mu-fucking-chacho. Gonzalez's futureHopes to form a new consulting firm specializing in crisis management:…

by CL Staff

Against The Odds

Despite the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary's standing as a famous avian rehabilitation center, the facility is not without its share of controversy. When Ralph Heath first started his rescue operation, critics derided him as inhumane for keeping crippled birds alive. The criticism quieted after Heath succeeded in breeding the first captive brown pelicans. Then, condo owners…

by Alex Pickett

Oddballs

Just what the world needs now — a lazy, low-brow comedy in which the game of ping-pong becomes a springboard for some lame kung-fu action and a steady stream of innuendos about testicles of various shapes and sizes. Balls of Fury is actually a bit better than you might assume from the preceding description, but…

by Lance Goldenberg

Letters to the Editor

.com-ments The following comments, which appeared this week on tampa.creativeloafing.com, include a reaction to Wayne Garcia's coverage of the Environmental Protection Commission debacle; a paean to the wonderful Rosa Rio, posted in response to a profile we ran in February of last year (apparently both the profile and the performer are ageless); and the latest…

by CL Staff

Grilled Steak with Garlic Herb Butter

(Grilled Porterhouse with Garlic-Herb Butter, Shoestring Fries and Spinach with Garlic Chips. Thank you Kelly for cooking my spinach while I tended to my rugrat children who thought it would be funny to watch Mom trip over the marbles that they dumped down the stairs. Ha. Ha. That was funny boys.) This recipe is published…

by Jaden Hair

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