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Mar 7-13, 2007

Mar 7-13, 2007 / Vol. 19 / No. 51

It’s probably not the Ben & Jerry’s…

According to a new study, Japanese women live longer than anyone else on the planet, and in the last 5 years, have even increased their lifespan one year longer. Surely there must be something that Japanese women, who often opt for dogs over husbands, can teach us.

by Dawn Morgan

Morning Roundup

Somewhere in America there's a street named after my dad: Lary's new drug. Starbucks wants to open 40,000 new stores; their real plans here. TampaGold.com and Tampa Digital Studios are doing live online Tampa City Council runoff debates; the League of Women Voters is set to tape its debates tomorrow; what are the dailies doing…

by Wayne Garcia

Morning Roundup

Far too mellow after a weekend of beach camping: The Convenient Truth. Oh, those wacky legislators. For those with a spare few hours and a strong stomach, the 2007 State of the Media. (via Romanesko) Der Fuhrer-katzen! And no, for the fifteenth time, it is not pronounced "boner." Florida Politics whacking away at CW Bill.…

by Wayne Garcia

Another Reason to Love the Red Sox

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats" spring training blog, Mar. 9: Baseball has a way of keeping people young. It can even save your life: just ask 92-year-old Virginia Bagnall. Virginia was today’s special guest at Dunedin’s Knology Park and had the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for the hometown Toronto…

by David Warner

CL on MySpace

Bowing to the power of social networking and peer pressure, Creative Loafing's editorial squad has opened up on MySpace. Please join us so we can keep you in the loop on events, stories and happenings in Tampa Bay. And, of course, we apologize for this:

by Wayne Garcia

Push On ’Til The Day

I’m crammed onto a staircase leading to the balcony level of Ft. Lauderdale club Revolution, former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio is onstage working his way through the solo-Trey staple “Simple Twist Up Dave” and kicking-off what should be a great weekend at the Langerado music festival. The guy sardined-in next to me leans over and…

by Joe Bardi

Morning Roundup

Friday at last: Another one moves back north. The St Pete Times has an entry on the Pulitzer finalist list. Here's who it is. The death of Internet radio? But Al Gore really is fat. It took me, seriously, like 20 minutes to stop laughing.

by Wayne Garcia

Wake Up And Smell The Coconut Oil

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats," Mar. 8: Ahhh! You know it's springtime in Florida when you can smell the coconut suntan lotion wafting off half-naked bodies basking in the warm sun. OK, so the half-naked bodies belong to middle-aged men with large guts and hairy backs, but it's a beautiful afternoon all the…

by David Warner

Yankee fans: Why you gotta be haters?

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats," Mar. 7: “You think that’s funny? You think you’re funny? You’re a fucking asshole, dude.”I knew it was coming. I really was asking for it. Today’s adventure brought me to Legends Field in Tampa, the spring training home of the New York Yankees. I thought it would be…

by David Warner

Boardwalk & Baseball

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats," Mar. 6: If you’ve ever sat in the bleachers and chatted with the folks around you, you know that everyone has a baseball story. A first game, a favorite moment, a personal achievement — probably a story that has been told countless times over countless hotdogs. Since my…

by David Warner

Morning Roundup

Time for a quickie: Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tim. Following up on a CL cover story subject, Josh Wolf. Cybertaxrebellion.

by Wayne Garcia

On TV This Morning

I'm headed over the Gandy Bridge to Tampa Bay's 10 for an appearance this morning on Studio 10. I'm going to talk about the politics of cervical cancer and the brouhaha over Gardasil, Merck's vaccine against the disease. Dr. Catherine Lynch of USF is joining me. Switch on Channel 10 at 10 a.m. UPDATE: You…

by Wayne Garcia

The Rustic

Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Rustic Getting into the position: The woman lies on her back with both legs straight out and thighs pressed tightly together. The man then proceeds to make love to her keeping both of his thighs on the outside of hers. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would…

by Eric J. Leech

Delivering a Manifesto

Campaign manager Mitch Kates at last night's Mary Mulhern Tampa City Council election victory party: This is the new Democratic team and the new Democratic Party in this part of the country. And people better starting getting used to it.

by Wayne Garcia

Morning Roundup

Wow, a 15 percent turnout in Tampa! How civicly engaged we are: Jeb: "What was that goddam debit card number again anyway??" Charley, yer losing the base … Seven thoughts about the Tampa elections. Why didn't they vote? In Praise of Redner. A DailyKos blogger sent a Blurbex link to FLA Politics? I'm impressed. And…

by Wayne Garcia

Redner: Can He Win?

The answer to the question that graced the cover of this week's Creative Loafing, as the smoke clears this morning, is an emphatic yes. Redner did minimal campaigning (no telephones, no ads, no TV, just one direct mail piece that I saw) and still finished second by a hair against 12-year incumbent Gwen Miller in…

by Wayne Garcia

Eight reasons Largo should be ashamed of itself

1 MARY GRAY BLACK: "To God be the glory," is how Commissioner Mary Gray Black lauded her March 2005 election to the Largo City Commission. The Ronda Storms of Pinellas County was actually recruited for that campaign after the city considered adding employment and housing protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals in 2003.…

by Wayne Garcia

Spins

Wynton Marsalis, RJD2, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby

by CL Staff

Music Week

Thursday, March 8 JAKE SHIMABUKURO He's an act one must see (or hear) to believe. Billed as "the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele," Hawaiian-born Jake Shimabukuro can bring it — big time. For evidence, go to YouTube.com and watch him take a seat in Central Park and play the hell out of "While My Guitar…

by CL Staff

Music Week Concerts

March 16 De La Soul Code Nigh Club 16 Crimson Glory w/Vicious Rumors/Chaos Club Bourbon Street 16 The Neon Hookers/Kingdom/In Remembrance 688 Skatepark 16 Vicious Rumors Bourbon Street Concert Club 16 Halifax State Theatre 16 Tinsley Ellis Skipper's Smokehouse 16 Cure For Caska w/No Recess/None Hit Wonder New World Brewery 17 Silversun Pickups w/Antelope/Giddy-Up Helicopter!…

by CL Staff

Wrong

Largo goes from sleepy city to national pariah in just six short days

by Wayne Garcia

Outtakes

Upcoming Releases 300 (R) We've come a long way from Final Fantasy, to the point where it's easy to forget that the digitally tweaked imagery washing over us in 300 is not, strictly speaking, real. The source here is a graphic novel by Frank Miller, and the sense that's imparted is that director Zack Snyder…

by CL Staff

The good, the good, the bad and the ugly

All the people have talked about being embarrassed to be part of the city of Largo, I'll tell you what, I'm going to be embarrassed if we throw this man out on the trash heap after he has worked so hard for this city. I don't think — Let me just leave it at that.…

by Wayne Garcia

The Visigoths Were Repelled at the City Limits

Mitch Kates, former pro wrestler and current giant killer, stood atop a black wrought-iron chair at Mad Dog's and Englishman restaurant and declared that tonight's victory by Mary Mulhern represented a new day for Democratic politics in Tampa Bay. All nonpartisan pretenses were dropped. For those Democrats looking to make a stand in the city…

by Wayne Garcia

Tampa City Council: The Results

A quick look at the winners: Dist. 1 — Incumbent Gwen Miller must face Joe Redner in a runoff. She got only 27 percent of the vote in a crowded field and is in trouble, even against Redner, who many would say can't win because of his ownership of the Mons Venus. Dist. 2 —…

by Wayne Garcia

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