Josh Wolf out of prison?
Imprisoned videographer Josh Wolf, the subject of a CL cover story, could be released finally. Details here. FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Wolf is free, and he has both a statement and the unedited footage that sent him to prison in the first place posted on his blog.
Morning Roundup
It's great to be a Florida Gator: Interesting concept: Presidential candidate's websites ranked by amount of content, not by unique visitors. I'm pretty sure that no good can come from any blog post that begins "This was something I heard on the Glenn Beck show a couple days ago …" If New Orlean's Katrina damage…
The Two Palms
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Two Palms Getting into the position: The man has his back to a wall and his lover clings to his neck, places both feet into his palms and then rides him like a vertical donkey. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate position (1 as…
Morning Roundup
Happy Pesach to all: Phil de Vellis speaks. The rest of of Florida's problems well in hand, the Guv turns his attention to the last pressing issue. "I am very aware that I am self-centered and flighty and dazzled by shiny things, but I am not manipulative and I am not mean." Poliblog throwdown: Hussey…
Giuliani in St. Pete
A member of the Pinellas Republican Executive Committee point us to a planned appearance by GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani at St. Petersburg High School next Wednesday (April 4). Doors will open at 2 p.m., with the former mayor of New York speaking at 2:30 p.m. Giuliani will be addressing the supply-side faithful at the…
Morning Roundup
This song, ain't black or white, and as far as I know don't infringe on anyone's copyright so: Rudy knew. And again here. Bob Stewart and The Secret. Tampa City Council mouthpiece tells clients to lawyer up. Good luck with that, Ernest. The two ends of the spectrum. Following the money. Early voting is expensive…
New Shows Courtesy of aestheticized presents
Three super appealing new shows have been added to the aes presents concert lineup: The Album Leaf, melancholy, electronic neo-post rock by San Diego's classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, Jimmy LaValle, Monday, May 7; Matt & Kim, a drums-and-keys duo that performs tight, happy rock songs, Thursday, May 19; and Dan Deacon, a one-man show of super bizarre…
Great Moments In Headline Writing
Someone at the Drudge Report needs to think before they post. I'm not the only one with a dirty mind. Someone on staff at Drudge noticed pretty quickly, and this headline disappeared after only a few minutes. God bless OS X's screen capture function. Cross-posted from The 941.
Morning Roundup
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks: NYT staffers duke it out. The "Ya think?" statement of the century: "Maybe blogs and the people that read them are not as influential as they think they are." Kerry gets some payback. Ax the Tax founder indicted in Orlando. Saw the video on Today this morning; how…
Afternoon Roundup
Where's that damned "I Voted" sticker?: Didn't you used to be Jeb!? Breaking down the Redner loss: Troxler, Buzz readers, Jim Johnson, PoHo, JZ, Political Safari, Seminole Heights, EG, Tampa Bay's 10. Pimp my life.
CL’s must-do list for the week
Thurs., March 29-Wed., April 4
Start your engines
SportsSaturday, March 31
Buyer beware
What’s in a name
Breaking on through
L.A.’s The Colour channel classic rock sound
Stage pets
MusicWednesday, April 4
The perfect mojito
Sampling the classic cocktail at Carmine’s
Clean getaway
U.S. Attorney Paul Perez leaves town with justice undone
Home is where the art is
ArtFriday, March 30
Fantastic voyage
The Namesake gracefully captures the truths of a family’s emigrant experience
SMAsh 8 benefit and The Who
Wade Tatangelo reviews SMAsh 8; Eric Snider reviews The Who
Gilberto Gil at TBPAC
Charles Farrell reviews Gilberto Gil; Wade Tatangelo takes in Modern Skirts
A view from the Cheap Seats
18 days … 9 cities … 1 man’s beer-soaked journey into the world of spring training
Neil Young
Live at Massey Hall 1971
Joe Henry
Scar
Stephen Sarnoff
Local labor leader
Is Pervez Musharraf’s rule near its end?
Don’t Panic … your war questions answered
Flying high
Kitefliers returns, this time with fanfare from the mayor’s office
The Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
Upcoming concerts
Live, Joshua Radin, Lamb of God and others
Ye olde festival
This weekend marks the last chance for locals to get out and enjoy the Bay Area Renaissance festival, a 28-year tradition that transforms an expanse of tree-dotted greenery into a 16th-century village. Jugglers, magicians, fire eaters, minstrels and a cast of roaming performers in period dress offer constant live entertainment, and stage shows feature skits…
Blotter
Gas, traffic stops and an foreign object
El-P
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
The jerk store called
Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 percent HumanThey vote party-line Republican. Stanton Firing UpheldCommissioners go one step further and order city attorney to review employee files and purge gays, lesbians, bisexuals, Jews, Mormons and Prius owners. Anna Nicole AutopsyThe official result: "'Twas beauty killed the beast." IKEA Coming to TampaAffordable Euro-furniture in a box, yuppie…
YouTube Politics
The creator of a wildly popular YouTube ad says “the game has changed.”
Fresh veggies at Trang Viet
Flavorful food and a great vegetarian menu
Import your own neighbors
How to lure your friends and family to Florida
Model home
Artist-designed interiors at Florida Craftsmen
Music Week
Gilberto Gil, Modern Skirts and Tom Jones
All that jazz for dollars
Fundraiser/MusicTuesday, April 3
SoKo
“I’ll Kill Her”
How to get them to move
A quick how-to guide
Easy bowl
SportsMonday, April 2
For the sake of others
Sometimes you find bliss in unexpected places
Wine List
Italy’s Offering, Taste Twenty-Five and others
Bizarro world
FundraiserSunday, April 1
The PZZA Tournament Final Four
Separating the upper crust from the doughboys
47th Street unhinged
FilmThursday, March 29
Redner-Miller: And in the End …
It's over. Joe Redner is well behind in his effort to defeat Gwen Miller. With 92 of 112 precincts reporting, Miller has 12,623 votes to Redner's 9,287. That is too many votes to make up at this point. UPDATE: Final returns are Miller, 15,383 votes; Redner, 11,857. ANALYSIS: The turnout was about what I expected,…
