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Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2007

Jun 27 - Jul 3, 2007 / Vol. 20 / No. 15

Local Server Vents In Bradenton Herald

Wow. She says everything that servers think and still comes off sounding like a petulant fool who shouldn't be in the service industry. Really, this thing reads like an Onion Op-ed piece. "If you are the only table or customer in a restaurant you should consider leaving because the servers do not want you there,…

by Brian Ries

The Toad

Position: The man sits on the edge of a bed with his feet on the ground. The woman is instructed to sit on him, knees bent, with her feet on the bed. The man can help the action by supporting her hips while she moves up and down. Penetration is very deep in this position.…

by Eric J. Leech

The Short List — Tues., July 3

Today we celebrate tomorrow's celebration of our independence! Welcome to America, the land where we throw ditzy blonde socialites in the slammer for driving on a suspended license, but allow to remain free those who lie under oath, obstruct justice and guarantee the public will never know the true machinations of the Bush Administration in…

by Joe Bardi

Love that Amy Winehouse

What's truly your favorite song of the year? If you have iTunes, you can check the Top 25 Most Played Feature. I did the other day to find Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" barely beating out The White Stripes' "Icky Thump" and the Silversun Pickups' "Lazy Eye." Actually, most of Winehouse's entire Back…

by Wade Tatangelo

Oh, that’s why Tampa sucks

Think maybe Tampa's live music scene would thrive more if 28-year-olds could actually afford to live here? Forbes Magazine ranked the Best Cities For Young Professionals and, well, Tampa finished dead last. "As for people who live there full-time, the city ranks 32nd for young professional concentration, last for its never-married population, second-to-last for big…

by Wade Tatangelo

Equal Time?

Anyone else notice the ad in Sunday's St. Petersburg Times from Ron Sanders, pastor of Largo's Lighthouse Baptist Church? Don't know how you could have missed it, especially if you were reading the coverage of the St. Pete Pride parade. In the Tampa edition, the ad ran on the story's jump page; in St. Pete,…

by David Warner

The Short List — Mon., July 2

If you can read this, you don't need glasses … Two more evildoers have been rounded up by British police in the wake of last week's car bombings in London and Glasgow.  In the meantime, America goes nuts with terror fears. Obama raises more money than any democrat ever … but still trails Hillary in…

by Joe Bardi

Love ’em or eat ’em!

Can someone tell me why people get so worked up over a little cheval burger, but have no compunctions about downing a pork roast or rib-eye? If it doesn't bother you, here's a recipe.

by Brian Ries

The Short List — Fri., June 29

I don't want to hear "Enter Sandman" or "Wish You Were Here" either! Did London narrowly avoid a devastating, al-Qaeda-style car bomb attack? I know Bush is an ass hole, but at least he's not raping his secretaries. For that, we look to Israel. Supreme Court Justice Stevens compares today's pot smokers to prohibition-era alcohol-lovers.…

by Joe Bardi

‘You just cost me six thousand dollars’

Help us settle an argument raging at the CL offices so we can get back to work putting out next week's issue: What is the worst Al Pacino performance ever? I know, I know, this is a topic big enough to drive a dumptruck through. Ham Gravy is fighting hard for Two for the Money.…

by Wayne Garcia

Friday roundup

Screw the Spice Girls … How about a Led Zeppelin reunion?!!! Wanna join the Commodores? Blender runs down The Worst Summer Festivals of All Time. Kurtis Blow to play Crossover in Tampa on Sun., July 1. Local music heroes: New ditty "Garden Suite" by Have Gun Will Travel, performs tonight in B-town. Brian Johnson and…

by Wade Tatangelo

Big Lunch Sarasota – The Table

I've always bristled at the oft-cited frugal tip that eating lunch at a nice place is a good way to get the cuisine at half the price. Maybe it's just that Bay area and Sarasota lunches never seem to live up to the dinnertime promise of a pricey place. After the lunch I just had…

by Brian Ries

The Short List — Thurs., June 28

Loaf Account Exec James Ostrand snapped this pic of a sign hanging on a vacant storefront at the 900 block of Seventh Avenue in Ybor. Be careful out there folks. And now the news of the day: Congress serves the Bush administration with some subpoenas. Shockingly, the administration refuses to comply. The life and times…

by Joe Bardi

The Waterfall

Name of Kama Sutra Position:  The Waterfall Getting into the position: The man sits on the bed, chair, fruit bin at your local food store, or whatever catches your fancy; the woman then sits astride him. Leaning her body back, the woman then rests her head on something soft, like a cushion, while the man…

by Eric J. Leech

“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”

The Coen Brothers have a knack for creating unforgettable characters and putting them into absurd situations. In The Big Lebowski, we meet Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, a sloppy, unemployed, peace-loving former hippie played famously by Jeff Bridges. The Dude’s routine of bowling with his loser buddies, pot-smoking, drinking White Russians, and generally hanging out is…

by Leilani Polk

Top 10: Worst Cover Songs

This awesome list of the 100 Worst Cover Songs found by PoHo inspired me to tally a Top 10. The new Lennon tribute disc Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur, which I just reviewed for the July 4-11 edition of CL, also proved helpful (see Avril Lavigne). 1. "Behind Blue Eyes," Limp Bizkit 2.…

by Wade Tatangelo

The Dick List — Wed., June 27

Celebrating the life of the most powerful, most secretive, most Darth Vader-like V.P. in U.S. History … Part 4 of the Washington Post's amazing deconstruction of Dick Cheney's Vice Presidency is out. Pro-business, anti-salmon — this guy is great. (Here's a link to the previous three parts.) And which branch of government does Cheney work…

by Joe Bardi

Young and Uncovered in Tampa Bay

Even though lots of unlucky Americans have suffered harshly at the hands of the U.S. health care system, few have done much more than complain about what's been happening. It's not just the poor and unemployed who lack quality care; employers aren't required to give their employees health care, thus many don't. The uninsured then…

by Dawn Morgan

Salty

Cracker w/Nessie, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Quark Alliance, 3rd of July Shenanigans w/The Julius Airwave/History/Poetry n’ Lotion/GreyMarket/others

by CL Staff

Outtakes

Upcoming Releases LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (PG-13) Old action movies don't die, they just fade away, and ditto for their stars. Bruce Willis is back as John McClane, now an agent with Homeland Security, but still a magnet for dastardly bad guys and the photogenic explosions caused by enormous vehicles smashing into even larger…

by CL Staff

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