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Sep 19-25, 2007

Sep 19-25, 2007 / Vol. 20 / No. 27

St. Pete Gallery Victim of Hate Crime

When William Schramm arrived at his antique/gallery store this morning, he was greeted by graffiti he never thought would appear in St. Petersburg’s idyllic and largely gay Grand Central District. During the night, someone had spray-painted “no fag porn” on the gallery’s main window. The display in the window showcases the male nude paintings of…

by Alex Pickett

Tirades by Louis C.K.

  Cross-posted at The941.com. Louis C.K. is a disillusioned family man and no one knows it better than his fans. For the past several years, the New York-based comic’s anecdotal humor has touched heavily upon the day-to-day frustrations of being a husband and father, an apparently inexhaustible topic that he rants about with fine-tuned fervor…

by Leilani Polk

Family Impact Summit: A Re-Cap

So the religious zealots have, we hope, left town by now. From Thursday to Saturday, speakers from across the religious right spectrum descended upon Brandon’s Bell Shoals Baptist Church for the Family Impact Summit with workshops like “the homosexual agenda,” “Global Warming or Global Whining” and various other topics to a captive audience of pastors…

by Alex Pickett

Best Cat Trapper

No, it’s not one of the awards we’ll be giving out tonight at the inaugural Best of the Bay awards show, but maybe we should of. I just talked to Petra Gearhart — the woman who almost single-handedly saved nearly 100 cats from a South Tampa trailer park slated for demolition — and she has…

by Alex Pickett

Sweetwater News and a Bern’s Legend Ends?

Sweetwater Organic Farm, the subscription based CSA tucked into a residential neighborhood in Tampa, has expanded into Clearwater. The new farm is at Gateway Nursery, formerly a landscape plant grower, and is owned and operated by Pamela and Hank Sindlinger. Crops will be coming in this year, with about 40 full-year shares available (part-time shares…

by Brian Ries

Kiss My Grits

The NoHo Bistro will start doing brunch on Sunday, Oct. 14 which, by itself, is news of a sort. That section of Tampa is a bit starved for decent restaurants, especially since NoHo's neighbor Vivia's closed earlier this year. But brunch? Not terribly exciting. Unless you have a "southern grits bar". I can imagine a…

by Brian Ries

My Weekend Three-Way

I have a special place in my heart for chain diners. Not quite fast food, not quite real restaurant, these in-betweeners have the freedom to present tasty treats that drive-through joints can't, all the while ignoring the niceties of sit-down eateries. The best of the bunch? Steak 'n Shake. Where else in the Bay area…

by Brian Ries

The Short List — Fri., Sept. 21

I shall smite thee with my kick-ass legal filings. Tropical systems usually approach Florida from the east or west, sparking days of breathless coverage and riots at Home Depot. This one skipped the foreplay and formed right over our heads. The Tasering of America: California says to Florida, "we'll see your obnoxious college kid and…

by Joe Bardi

The Ass (Gardabha)

Name of Kama Sutra Position:  The Ass (Gardabha) Position: With the woman's feet set  well-apart on the ground, she bends, placing a hand upon or around each thigh. The man then takes her from the rear and does what could only naturally come next! A heap of pumping and grinding. On a scale of 1…

by Web Editor

The Short List — Thurs., Sept. 20

What's so funny, Mitchell? Here's why Bush won't attack Iran … or maybe he will … but probably not … we think. Dan Rather battles Viacom for $70 million. It's like a cockfight in the hen house on the eve of the last full moon before the fourth of July! "The Empty Can" continues to…

by Joe Bardi

A Celebration of The Life And Death Of An Industrial Chicken

You may want to set that drumstick down before reading this, because the plump bird that gave its all for your dinner didn’t lead the happiest of lives. Surprised? Didn't think so. But it's very important to understand where your food comes from, whether it's a tomato from Ruskin or a piece of fish farmed…

by Brian Ries

Slash interview: What should I ask?

It came out when I was in elementary school. My buddy Dave bought me a copy for my birthday. I wore the cassette out. Bought the CD. Still listen to it often. The album is the Guns N' Roses hard rock classic Appetite for Destruction, one of my all-time favorites. I'm scheduled to interview Appetite…

by Wade Tatangelo

The Short List — Wed., Sept. 19

M.I.A.: One noted local blogger. Last heard from: Aug. 30th. Whereabouts? Unknown. The UF Tasering — Day Three: The police claim that post-arrest, unruly student Andrew Meyer told them they did nothing wrong. Case closed, I guess. St. Petersblog has a funny post about the tasering, including a shot of the must-have T-shirt of 2007.…

by Joe Bardi

Location Change

Author Jeff Lindsay — the brains behind the Dexter series, which Showtime has made into a compelling black dramedy starring Michael C. Hall — comes to town for a reading and signing, which has MOVED from Tampa Tribune Auditorium to Inkwood Books (216 S. Armenia Ave., Tampa). For more info about Lindsay and his books,…

by Leilani Polk

Letters

EDITOR'S NOTE: Influencers & Breadwinners As part of our relentless campaign to pimp our Best of the Bay Awards Show (The Loafies, Sept. 24, Tampa Theatre, be there!), we've sprinkled this edition of Best of the Bay with visual puns that are meant to a) remind you of The Loafies and b) hammer home once…

by CL Staff

The Most Dangerous Game

It's hard to shake the feeling that King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is some elaborate hoax, possibly even a case of Christopher Guest trying to pass off his latest mockumentary as reality filmmaking. But the truth of the matter is that you simply can't make stuff like this up (although, in typically perverse…

by Lance Goldenberg

No Shame

Louis C.K. is a comic worthy of driving to Sarasota to see. He's self-deprecating to the point of self-disgust and quite proficient at pointing out all the problems in his life with wildly sarcastic but always very humorous honesty, from his sad excuse for a sex life to the fact that fatherhood doesn't live up…

by Leilani Polk

Spin

Curtis 50 CENT (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) Graduation KANYE WEST (Roc-A-Fella) The images line the shelves of stores nationwide. One artist glares at the camera while the other opts for anime by renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. It's hardcore thug tales and club bangers versus "messages" and fashion boasts. With both discs released on Tuesday of last week,…

by CL Staff

Jason Busto

Who? Jason Busto is a 36-year-old fifth-generation Tampeño, a London School of Economics-trained trilingual world traveler and COO of his family-owned plumbing business. Sphere of influence: They don't call him the "unofficial mayor of West Tampa" for nothing. He's been a passionate advocate for aggressive redevelopment of Tampa's urban core in a style that would…

by Wayne Garcia

Leftovers

Local Coffee and Tea — a Sarasota-based mini-chain of coffeehouses — has joined forces with Susan Huff of Integrity Organic. For a while, LC&T owner Mike Duranko had avowed to CL that he wasn't going to get in the food business at the St. Pete location. Well, he isn't. Susan is, using his kitchen. She'll…

by Brian Ries

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