Tell Me Jerry Bruckheimer Wasn’t Shooting in the F State Yesterday
First, a gasoline tanker overturned on I-95 during morning rush, tumbling over the rail and into a church parking lot with an explosion and conflagration, y'know, typical Bruckheimer cinematic ka-blooey!-ness, and then a fire of unknown origin took out Gatorland in Orlando. In fact, the iconic "concrete alligator mouth that visitors walked through" was "spitting…
UCF Puts in Bid to Be Florida’s Hell School
First, a male cheerleader dropped dead on Tuesday (cause of death still under investigation). Then Sigma Alpha Epsilon got caught going way too far hazing (the key search terms being: diapers, fairy wings, women's panties) and has been suspended by the nat'l office. Then three SAE kids had to be taken to the hospital by…
The Curving Knot
Position: The Curving Knot On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 is horrible and 10 is sexual nirvana): IÕd give it a 5, because while I wouldnÕt call it a great position, it was quite entertaining and "therapeutic" to try to negotiate. Difficulty of getting into position: If youÕve spent the last five years…
Florida’s Lousiest Defendant Now 0-for-9 in Murder Verdicts
Oscar Ray Bolin was convicted yesterday, for the third time, of killing a Tampa woman in 1986. He was convicted of three murders, then had them overturned on appeal, then convicted in each on retrial, and had them overturned again, and now we've finished the trifecta. Even given that the death penalty has been imposed,…
The Wheel
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The WheelOn a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate position (1 as horrible, 10 as sexual nirvana)?I would give it an 8, while my partner gave it a 3 É Did you have difficulty getting into the position? Heck no! Did you feel like a pretzel? Were…
Florida’s 9-11 Conspiracy Candidates
If you believe that Osama's been getting a bad rap for that little 9-11dust-up five yrs ago, here are your candidates (the ones endorsed by thepeople who think the feds set up the whole thing): Bob Bowman (D) for stateHouse district 15 (Jacksonville), Samm Simpson (D) for state House district10 (Taylor, Madison, Dixie, and surrounding…
Morning Roundup
Haven't really paid attention, but is there an election coming up?: What's worse for Jim Davis only 5 days before balloting: Confusion over whether he voted in 2000, or reminding undecided Floridians that he did vote — for Al Gore? Helm vs. Welch round 2. "You think you're better than me? It's go time." For…
Florida’s Premier Performance Artist: K-Hay
The Washington Post yesterday brought us up to date on the Katherine Harris campaign ("in rigor mortis") and revealed the startling news that K-Hay is keeping a diary of all the (probably thousands of) slights she has received this year and will put them into a book. (Yeah, sure, that'll be a big sell Ñ…
Only In America
While browsing the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners’ meeting agenda yesterday, I came across an item that piqued my interest – a request for a report from the County Attorney’s Office on expediting deportation of illegal immigrants in Hillsborough County jails. I procured the report, originally requested by Commissioner Rhonda Storms, and reviewed the five-page…
Morning Roundup
Today's goodies: A major shout-out to Mark Holan for reminding us of the joy that is today: the last Hillsborough County Commission meeting for Ronda Storms! Holan also throws in a bit about her political legacy and the tone she set for the board. I mentioned in a CL story a few weeks ago that…
Marine 1st Lt. Justin Chotikul
Peeking over the edge
Menu Briefs
A Social Occasion Depending on who's counting, Canadian band/musical collective Broken Social Scene is made up of anywhere from seven to 11 people, several of whom are from other well-regarded bands such as Stars, Metric, The Dears and this show's opener, Do Make Say Think. Almost everybody agrees that the cadre's atmospheric, original indie-rock is…
Music Week
THURSDAY, NOV. 02 MELVINS/BIG BUSINESS For their latest Ipecac Records release, A Senile Animal, the eternally difficult 'n' dangerous Pacific Northwest mudslingers in Melvins enlisted help from a couple of the guys in this tour's opener, old-school hardcore-reverent unit Big Business. The album is one of the group's best and most unsettling in years. It's…
Tom Lee vs. Alex Sink
Chief Financial Officer
A Marvelous Bastard
Petite sirah’s big taste belies its name.
Kim Berfield vs. Charlie Justice
Florida Senate District 16
One More Week
And I have a few final requests.
Upcoming Concerts
MC Chris, Dashboard Confessional, others.
Elections 2006: This Time it’s Personal
A highly subjective take on eight of the most important races in Tampa Bay.
Book Worms Unite!
SPECIAL EVENTS/LITERATURE
Offensive Maneuvers
Believe the hype. Borat, with something to offend everyone, is also painfully funny.
Hold on Tightly
DIXIE CHICKS AD DENIEDNBC fears "disparaging the president." Using that rationale, network also cancels all future Bush speeches. CARDS VS. TIGERSThe memories, the ratings … this one had it all. BUCS RECEIVERS VS. GOPRepublicans see Congress slipping from their grasp; the Bucs receivers … oh you know. MEASURING THE DRAPESMake sure they don't clash with…
Going Postal
‘Endangered species’ and Hollis Gillespie
CL’s must-do list for the week of
Thurs., NOV. 02-Wed., NoV. 08
Ken Allen vs. April Griffin
Hillsborough County School Board District 6
In His Twilight
And that’s a good thing for the former Afghan Whigs frontman.
That’s Methed Up
I’m allergic to everything. So now I’m treated like a criminal.
The Blotter
Bizarre crimes from Tampa police reports
Conditional Love
Family tensions are laid bare as a couple considers aborting its unborn child.
More Bland for the Buck
Is charming but pricey Six Tables worth the splurge?
Outtakes
Boynton Beach Club, Flushed Away, others.
Rick Kriseman vs. Thomas Piccolo
Florida House of Representatives District 53
Peasants of Posture
CounterRevolution PEASANTS OF POSTURE peasantsofposture.com The members of PoP use the names of figures in the downfall of the Russian Romanov dynasty, and its website hints at the philosophies inherent in its choice of band moniker. But you don't need to be a history scholar to "get" PoP's music, which draws heavily from both Pigface's…
Backspin
Randy Newman
An unsuccessful intervention
Trying to save me from myself.
True Colors
MUSIC
Ken Anthony vs. Kevin White
Hillsborough County Commission District 3
Low Blows
When an Irish pub in Ybor stoops to conquer, not everyone’s a fan.
Just Move
DANCE
B&N Earns Mixed Reviews
Bookworm party
Dream Theater
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra DREAM THEATER Rhino The operatic prog-rock quintet celebrates its 20th year with a Madison Square Garden gig, the second half of which is augmented by a 30-piece orchestra. Score is exactly what you'd expect from this meticulous, disciplined outfit: an inspiring (if not exactly animated),…
A Packed Mule
Add ‘socially conscious’ to Gov’t Mule’s loose, genre-blending Southern rock.
Royal Flush
The Queen
Charlie Crist vs. Jim Davis
Governor
Inspiration by Oz
Tampa boasts its own growing pool of fashion-forward dressers and we seem to have accumulated a growing pool of talented designers as a result, the sort of creative minds who've elected to practice their craft here rather than be swallowed up by cities overrun with designers trying to make it big. One designer, Ben Chmura,…
Angelo Cappelli vs. Bill Heller
Florida House of Representatives District 52
Packing It In
THEATER
Spins
Audioslave, The Mooney Suzuki, Bill Frisell, Jeremy Enigk
Rose Ferlita vs. Mary Mulhern
Hillsborough County Commission District 1
That Old Black Magic
Five artists use the inky art of printmaking to tell their stories.
Fruits of Labor
FOOD
