If a new poll is any indication, even those who voted for Donald Trump likely won't buy that his picking a Wall Street lawyer to head the Securities and Exchange Commission is a method of "draining the swamp." A study out Wednesday by the left-leaning Center for American Progress and the firm Hart Research Associates…
J.T. Brown with a show you can watch from the couch.
It’s being released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Either/Or’
In which we will not even so much as mention the College National Football Championship Playoff Grand Slam Cavalcade of Sports and Peripheral Entertainment, or whatever the hell: Yesterday was NOT a good day for Bay area school bus drivers. First responders spent 30 minutes extricating one in Clearwater after he swerved to avoid a…
If 2017 is anything like 2016, having been kicked out of a fast food franchise for unruly behavior would make a candidate more electable than, say, having years of experience as a thoughtful policymaker. So, time will tell if perennial St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Paul Congemi will appeal to voters this time around, on his…
Start the new year with a new book club! Inkwood Books and Creative Loafing Tampa present their joint effort, Creative Reading. Creative Reading meets monthly at Inkwood Books. This low-key book club will focus on the book, but if you haven't read it, that's OK — come anyway and see if Creative Reading works for…
The popular South Florida restaurant brand will replace International Plaza’s Blue Martini.
“This is a soap opera for men. You know everything going on is predetermined. Not fake, but predetermined.”
Head to St. Pete for a mellow evening.
Changes to the Tampa hotel and casino’s expansion project have led to the closure.
You know the holidays are truly over when your Roku homescreen reverts from the cheery snow-blown version to the regular old default screen. Sigh. Thanks for the reality check, Roku. Guess I'll get in the shower. So the Florida Gators sportsballed to out-bowl the Iowa Hawkeyes 30-3 in the Outback Bowl. But the real winners…
The Cradle is Paco Cathcart from Big Neck Police.
Welcome to 2017. You don't feel any different. FRIDAY, DEC. 30: This story about a Manatee drug bust contains the typo "power cocaine," which actually sounds kind of awesome. SATURDAY, DEC. 31: Beloved songbird Mariah Carey lost her shit onstage, then blamed Dick Clark Productions. I personally preferred her tweet about it. Two people were…
ISIS claims responsibility, and eight suspects have been detained.
…and go eat some black eyed peas.
It’s time to look forward with a hopeful, and watchful, eye.
You all REALLY love Yes.
Be safe, and we’ll see you next year!
Activists are taking the battle against the Sabal Trail Pipeline from rural construction sites in the middle of the state to Florida's cities. In St. Pete on Thursday, a gathering of about 150 marched through downtown to call attention to the natural gas conduit, which will bore through much of the state's geology. The protest…
Despite their institutional fear, Florida’s seniors may benefit most from the legalization of medical marijuana.
On PEOTUS: “I may want to have my French house as my back door out of the States if thing keep getting worse — which I am pretty sure they will.”
Snag discounted Baskin-Robbins ice cream, holiday bubbles and more.
Well, here's the final Sh*t Happened of 2016. It's been really fun sitting on the porch with you all, drinking whiskey and chronicling humanity's leisurely downfall. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you next year. A fatal wrong-way crash toward the Manatee end of the Sunshine Skyway overnight had southbound lanes closed until this morning.…
Plus Geri X and Oxford Noland in the Rooster basement.
He and Shae Krispinsky played Microgroove on December 28.
Proof that good things come in small packages? UNION72 in Wesley Chapel.
It’s nice to take a break from writing celebrity obits to write something else.
The actors who play Peter and Wendy in freeFall’s Peter Pan get married in real life.
The man behind the CL curtain.
Keep your thoughts to yourself.
Let's be honest: You quit actually working while at work about 13 days and six hangovers ago. Thieves broke into 16 cars at a hotel on 5th Avenue South in St. Pete overnight. Sixteen. By breaking the windows. That's a whole lot of pretending not to see or hear anything. A Brooksville man was arrested…
Wine, chocolate and art will mix at the annual celebration to benefit the MFA.
Her son, Todd Fisher, survives both her and his sister, Carrie Fisher, who died the day before her mother.
A look back at 12 months of news, Florida-style, courtesy of Sh*t Happened.
Maybe we should’ve seen it coming, after all.
They’ve done creative merchandising for Underoath, Father John Misty, She & Him, Bieber and more.
Dunderbräu Brewery launched inside the Tampa landmark about three months ago.
When it comes to wine, practice makes perfect.
In downtown St. Pete, Iberian Rooster is a triumph of blended flavors.
