Morning Roundup
The New York State Thruway's closed, man: Behnken: "Get me The Donald on the horn. Now!" A blunt and accurate assessment of the chances of rail transit in Tampa Bay. Get your pitchforks out, this road show is coming to Tampa on Thursday. Signs that Cong. Bill Young will retire? Meet CL's fiction-writing contest winners…
It’s Official: The Police Tour
Yesterday, The Police confirmed that their highly anticipated concert tour will begin in Vancouver on May 28; North American tour dates follow and include: June 06 Seattle, WA Key Arena June 09 Denver, CO Pepsi CenterJune 15 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden ArenaJune 16 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo FestivalJune 18 Phoenix, AZ US Airways ArenaJune…
“No Other Options” But to Taser the Obese Woman in the Wheelchair, Ten Times
Ryan Delafield finally, after nine months, got an official law-enforcement explanation of the death of his aunt, Emily Delafield, 56, in Green Cover Springs. She was swinging a knife and a hammer, and the two GCS Police officers were afraid of her. "[C]onsistent with their training," the report says, they Tasered her at least 10…
Afternoon Roundup
For those convinced that the members of the The Recording Academy are tragically un-hip, the Grammy Awards telecast and winners list never fails to disappoint: There's a new sheriff in town. And his name ain't Reggie Hammond. "I guess I liked her." For those wondering how the top-notch political beat writers who defected to The…
Dingfelder Apologizes
Just got handed more than 600 pages of e-mails that Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder retrieved from his law office computer, about such exciting city business as landscape and irrigation, shootings and zoning matters. It is part of Dingfelder's penance for e-mailing a campaign solicitation to a person who had just written to him to…
Mommy, What’s a Hoohaa?
A theater/club in the Jacksonville suburb of Atlantic Beach is staging some shows, including The Vagina Monologues, but when that title went up on the marquee, the owner heard from one or more parents who didn't think they were ready to field inquiries from their little urchins about what "vagina" means. The marquee was changed…
Roger Waters rumored to play Tampa
WMNF was playing a folk performances that was sooo sincere it sounded like an SNL sketch. WUSF had already switched from NPR to classical music. So, while squinting to see through the fog this morning I flipped to 102.5 The Bone. The host, Cowhead, was talking to a Ford Amphitheatre/Live Nation honcho about the venue's…
It’s All In the Spin
You know your neighborhood is bad when recipients of a new house from Habitat for Humanity refuse to move in. That’s what Barbara Inman, executive director of Pinellas County’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, told a group of St. Petersburg city and police officials today at a public safety committee meeting. “What we’re finding is…
Morning Roundup
Almost there: Sirius plans an all-Sinatra channel! News flash: Political parties act in a partisan fashion. During a slow time at work, pick your favorite multi-million-dollar less-than-a-mile extension alignment for the world's loneliest trolley. Baker hearts Romney. Police are reportedly seeking a suspect with a 100-yard-wide front porch. Local state Rep Traviesa is co-sponsoring a…
The Couch
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Couch Getting into the position: The woman is instructed to draw up her knees while the man positions himself over her. Trapping her thighs in what is described as a Òtight knot,Ó he saddles her and rides her buttocks to all the way to orgasmville! On a scale of…
Late Afternoon Roundup
His job to offer battle / to bad men near and far: "Hey Democrats, Stop Whining." Jim Johnson has a very high opinion of April Schiff and Ann Voss. Florida's worst daily newspaper freezes hiring, salaries.
CL Rules in the Washington Post
St. Petersburg got one helluva Travel section write-up in the Washington Post, an ode to its shift from God's Waiting Room to hipster hangout. And what website does WaPo list as the definitive source for "What To Do" in St. Pete? Not the big daily in town. Just little ol' Creative Loafing. Oh, and CL…
Everyone (Not Just Capt. Nowak) Has a Dark Side
Astronaut Love has, as they say, sucked all the oxygen out of the news cycles in the F State. If you're behind the curve, the go-to sites are WFTV and the Orlando Sentinel (which also has links to charging documents), and an odd website has out-of-the-way biographical stuff on Colleen Shipman. But remember this important…
Sami Al-Arian on Democracy Now
Sami Al-Arian, the former USF professor in prison after beating serious terrorism charges but pleading to one count of conspiracy to help a terrorist organization, is in the third week of a hunger strike as federal prosecutors try to force him to testify in a Virginia case. He gave an in-depth telephone interview to Amy…
Gene’s Bar Closed and SPPD On YouTube (again)
For those of you following the Tampa City Council’s decision to close Gene’s Bar in the dailies, I have some completely expected news: the East Tampa bar is done. I stopped there yesterday around “Happy Hour†to talk with owner Eugene O'Steen and found the doors locked. One of the bar’s neighbors informed me the…
The Weekend in Review
Wade Tatangelo on Less Than Jake; Eric Snider on Stevie Nicks
CL previews upcoming shows
Reel Big Fish, Stevie Nicks, the Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Sweets for your sweetie
Fueling the passion on Valentine’s Day
A fair few weeks
103rd annual Florida State Fair
Letters to the editor
‘Shutdown,’ ‘Trash & treasure’
Practical Tips for Energy Efficiency
Lecture, Wednesday, Feb. 7
Neil LaBute’s best
Neil LaBute’s engrossing This Is How It Goes plays with the realities of racism
The Gaffe
We have zero tolerance for gaffes, slips and misstatements
Living while Arab
LectureThursday, Feb. 8
Events around the city
Wine tastings and dinners
Voices raised in song
MusicTuesday, Feb. 13
… And we’ve got Gruden
Ryan O’Neal and Harry Potter
A salute to Military Junior
Local band makes prog-rock with heart
Strings and things
MusicSaturday, Feb. 10
Straight from the heart
Holiday/ExhibitWednesday, Feb. 14
Coming ’round to Yonder Mountain
Yonder Mountain String Band, Lorna Bracewell, Bonerama
Concerts
Mofro, Umphrey’s McGee, Taylor Hicks
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
They’re watching you
From highways to nightclubs to ATMs, electronic eyes are everywhere you go — and multiplying fast
Dark days, darker nights
FilmFriday, Feb. 9
Ybor’s palm-frond master
Joe Adams’ palm frond roses are an Ybor tradition. They also may have saved his life.
Skate greats in Tampa
SportsSunday, Feb. 11
Are U.S. nuclear power plants safe from a 9/11-type attack?
Your War Questions Answered
Spins
The Ditchflowers, the Smithereens, Charles Tolliver
Back to the humor
COMEDY
Pleasant surprises at Marlin Darlin’
Whimsical touches yield unexpected and satisfying results
Reviews
Wade Tatangelo on the BAAMO Show; Tristan Wheelock on Black Diamond Heavies
Steeping for autism
FUNDRAISER
A different point of view
LectureMonday, Feb. 12
Welcome, Wade
New writers joins staff
Shadowland
A nearly 40-year-old classic of French cinema finally gets a screening in the Bay area
Government-deemed danger
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Watched while you walk
A guide to the surveillance cameras along Seventh Avenue
The Blotter
Bizarre crimes from Tampa’s police reports
Face time
Smooth criminals and the art of the mug shot
