Morning Roundup
A matinee, a Pinter play, perhaps a piece of Mahler's. I'll drink to that: Is there really such as thing as "excessive" lap dances? Can anyone figure out from this story if Charlie Crist did good, bad or got a free couch out of the deal? Trib good: pinning Tampa City Councilwoman Gwen Miller in…
Comedy at New World Brewery
This Tuesday, September 26, at 8 p.m., Doug Stanhope performs at New World Brewery in Ybor City. I had the opportunity to see Stanhope for the first time last November, and I was not disappointed. The dude is extremely vulgar, brutally honest and among the exclusive group of comics who’ve been accurately compared to the…
The Highest of Dubious Honors
It's time to pull that hemp tuxedo out of the back of the closet and send it out for pressing (do you think the cleaners stand around and huff the steam?): High Times Magazine has scheduled the sixth installment of its annual Stony Awards for Oct. 24 at New York City nightclub/venue B.B. King's.The Stonys…
Morning Roundup
Nimm doch die pfeife aus dem maul, du hund: Max Linsky is back, at The Smorg. How about this piece that reveals the shocking fact that 911 calls go up whenever there is foul weather? Just good solid investigative reporting.
Bye-Bye Morning Muffin
The winner of our Best of the Bay award for Best Morning Muffin (Human) called this morning to thank us for the award and to deliver some bad news: this is her last week at Newschannel 8. AM traffic anchor Denise Moore said Channel 8 execs are moving in a different direction and have cut…
Morning Roundup, Friday edition
A shout out to all my newswriting homeys, much love. And get yer damned weekenders in, would ya?: Evangelicals may stay home on election day. Bummer. California church fights IRS over anti-war sermon. The Trib plays catch-up on the Buddy Johnson saga. Berfield denies being a patsy. Oswald claims he is a patsy. The beginning…
Bleepin’: Worst 5 movies to watch in TV-edited versions
Glengarry Glen Ross — Ed Harris doesn't even appear in the TV version. (Ohhh, I'm gonna have your job, s—thead.) Casino — Might not be so bad if they didn't have a bad imitation of DeNiro dubbing his lines. Smokey and the Bandit — Thoroughly massacres the profanity-laden peformance by the late Jackie Gleason, who…
Do you ever just get down on your knees and thank God that you know me and have access to my dementia?
In doing some research this morning, I ran across a film production company called Jerkstore Films. It made me think that, in my lifetime, we will see every word ever uttered by George Costanza become a corporate brand or cultural touchstone.
Max Linn vs. the evil FCATman
Here's a strong entrant in the funniest political commercial category, the latest from Reform candidate Max Linn. It is a smartly made cartoon that riffs on Florida's controversial FCAT test. A white students asks why he flunked the test with 52 questions right when his classmate — clearly Hispanic — passed with 52 questions right.…
Morning Roundup
After a round of pancakes at the Village Inn: Tax revolt threatens the Penny for Pinellas. Hey, pop quiz: Which Florida newspaper hates tax cuts the most? Everybody is stoked for Best of the Bay. Comments here, here, here and here. The son of conservative Washington Times' financier Sun Myung Moon is hunting for a…
Morning Roundup
Here on our first day (again) as Creative Loafing: Bob Lassiter says goodbye. Jeff Testerman keeps ripping up the Hillsborough supervisor of elections. WTF? Who judged this journalism contest? Daly wins two awards but Lane DeGregory gets a 2nd place??? The tax revolt goes online. You and I paid $50,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit…
Sunday morning
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People & Politics Reader Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
The Wine List
Events around the city
Let’s do the Time Warp again
This time we mean it
City Life Reader picks
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City Life Staff Picks
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Goods & Services Staff Picks
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WP‘s picks for the week’s best shows
Sick of it all, Gasoline Heart, Electric Six
Upcoming releases
Tues., Sept. 26, 2006
Bruce Deuce
COMEDY
Real smooth
Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Boobs and Wiener
And facing adversity with a stun gun.
Food & Drink Staff Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
CL’s must-do list for the week of
Thurs., Sept. 21-Wed., sept. 27
Hall of Fame Staff Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
Change of heart
Just when I thought I hated something …
Goods & Services Reader Picks
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Food & Drink Reader Picks
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Zin is in
Whether you call it the prince or queen of wines, zinfandel is royalty
School daze
Half Nelson is a deeply affecting morality tale
Back spin
Parliament’s Mothership Connection
Get Out of the Weeds
WORKSHOP
Her Prerogative
Whitney and Bobby, Rosie and Lindsay
One Heart at a Time
A day set aside for warm, if hokey, greetings is no spectator sport.
Page, Screen and Stage
THEATER
Food & Drink Critics’ Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
Hard thoughts
Frozen brings intelligence and powerful emotion to a provocative story
Old Time good
Dairy Inn serves up great diner fare; just don’t call it fast food
Get into the groove
With the Roots
Outtakes
Capsule reviews of recently released movies
Pianist Van Cliburn
Leader of the Pack
Letters to the Editor
Red Meat, ‘Not worth the Waiting‘
Arts & Entertainment Reader Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
Back to the future
A visitor out of time explains why he keeps dipping back into the Best Of the Bay
The hipness factor
Does Samm Simpson want the truth more than she wants to beat Bill Young?
Miscellaneous DEBRIS
Dispatches from the music-scene newswire
Arts & Entertainment Staff Picks
Best of the Bay 2006
Miscast men
All the Kings Men
Zohn’s Survival Guide
DISCUSSION
Lost and Found
ART
Peace, Man
OBSERVANCE
The conversation
It goes a lot like this
Intimate views
Exhibits at the Arts Center transport viewers into imagined worlds
The Town and the City
Los Lobos
Arts & Entertainment Critics’ Picks
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People & Politics Staff Picks
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