Dreaming of cold-hearted sex
“ Dream Momma, I dreamt I got a phone call from an old boyfriend (my first if ya know what I mean) from 27 years ago. The phone call went something like this – he says " sorry. I. have not called. in.. a while….somebody……hurt me." long pauses in the phone conversations and the "hurt…
The proper reaction to a fake vagina… there isn’t one
I had an interesting debate at dinner the other night. (sidenote: Yes, tragically these are the kinds of things my friends and I debate at dinner) My friend Daniel, a delightfully cynical Irish fellow was asking me about my vibrator. How long had I had one? Where did I keep it? What does it look…
Dream-cheating while pregnant
“Dream Momma, I dreamed I was pregnant (which in real life I am) and that my husbands best friend entered my room and started kissing my neck and I was going along with it. He then took off my clothes and his own clothes and showed me his big penis. I then told him to…
Do It This Weekend: Chillounge, Lesley Dill at MFA, green expo, Graphicstudio sale, Aquamarina Ball, Art-Oberfest and more
The air is getting cool and crisp, and let’s hope it stays that way, because it is time to chill – in every sense of the word. Chillounge Night – sponsored by Cointreau and created by a Sarasota gallery owner – transforms a four-block area in downtown Tampa into a swanky lounge and nightclub. The outdoor…
How to (safely) emulate porno sex
I watch a lot of pornography. Many of us do. We often want to try the sexy things we see in porn, but there's just no realistic way to do it… until now. Take, for example, the porno classic of going back and forth between pussy and ass fucking. It looks hot, but in reality,…
Dreaming of being pregnant with a snake
“I live in St. Petersburg, in my dream i was sleeping and i suddenly wake up and look out the window. my ex boyfriend is sitting with a girl next to a pool. all i could see is the back of my head and my ex and the new girl. my ex looks up and…
Photo review: Chris Tolan & Friends, Lauris Vidal, and Andy Zipf at Crowbar
An evening of something new (Chris Tolan), something borrowed (Mr. Vidal and Mr. Zipf) and something blue (stage lighting – though in truth it is sadly mainly pink) at the Crowbar on October 2 featuring Chris Tolan & Friends, Lauris Vidal, Andy Zipf (replacing Old North East) and Philip Pietri & the Manatees (running late…
On the Radar: The Laramie Project at American Stage
Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. Next Monday, see The Laramie Project onstage, which explores the long-term effects of Matthew Shepard's murder (the result of a brutal, homophobic hate crime) on his hometown of Laramie via in-depth interviews with his mother, friends, and, most chillingly,…
Do It Today: Sleep of Reason Cinema, Walk a Mile In Her Shoes, Chat with Jose Marti and more
This week's installment in the Sleep of Reason Cinema Series includes two new arthouse films, Liquid Sky and Ms. 45, curated by Brian Taylor and Bradley Valentine with a dream of "providing a contemporary venue for a delirious brand of cinema." Visit five-art.com for more info. Thurs., Oct. 8, 7:15 p.m., West Tampa Center for…
Swingers: what are they really looking for?
have been in the swinging lifestyle for more than eight years. I guess you could call Soccer Dad and I seasoned swingers. Even with this vast amount of experience I still don't know what swingers are looking for all the time. Sometimes I rely on other means to get to the bottom of that burning…
Coconut Shrimp with Spicy Pineapple-Apricot Dipping Sauce
Do you believe in fate? That everything happens for a reason? That some things are just meant to be? If so, then read on. I was out to dinner with my family a few weeks ago, enjoying a nice meal, when one of the servers brought out a plate of lovely, sizzling hot coconut shrimp…
Hillsborough Commissioners deadlock on vote to sue Kevin White
Hillsborough County Commissioners today deadlocked on a 3-3 vote to begin pursuing litigation against their colleague, Kevin White, to try to get back some of the legal fees and obligations they owe in his sexual discrimination lawsuit. The motion proposed by Commissioner Rose Ferlita was supported by Jim Norman and Al Higgenbotham. A substitute motion…
Photo review: Flavor of Jazz with The Rippingtons at Ruth Eckerd Hall (with photo gallery)
The fourth annual Tuesday night jazz-flavored fundraiser at Ruth Eckerd Hall (to raise funds for the Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute's jazz program) was headlined by The Rippingtons, which are led by guitarist Russ Freeman. Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa
New eco-documentary- A Chemical Reaction: The Story of a True Green Revolution
We've recently seen an influx of environmental themed films that deal with what we're putting into our bodies. Food, Inc. and Fresh dealt with the mega industrial food industries, and the results of the hormones and chemicals that enter our bodies from the overprocessed foods we eat. But what about chemicals and pesticides that enter our…
Habitat for Humanity Pinellas fundraiser: Hammers and Heartstrings Ball this Saturday
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that raises money and builds homes for the less fortunate. This Saturday, the Pinellas County chapter of Habitat is throwing the "Hammers and Heartstrings Ball" fundraiser so that more projects in Pinellas County can be funded and built. The culinary students from the Art Institute of Tampa are…
Shawn Goldberg – Contributor
Shawn Goldberg (center) is truly the center of the American transcendental movement, setting out most of its ideas and values in a little book, Nature, that represented at least ten years of intense study in philosophy, religion, and literature. Born in 1973 to a conservative Unitarian minister, from a long line of ministers, and a…
Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival opens this week, celebrates 20th birthday
The Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is 20 years old and still going strong. The festival runs Oct. 8-18 at Tampa Theatre and Muvico Baywalk (and at party spots like Czar and Honey Pot), and this week you can read all about it at cltampa.com: interviews with people behind the scenes, like Programming…
CD review: Lucero, 1372 Overton Park (with audio)
Finally, after all the talk, all the speculation and all the handwringing over majors and horns, Lucero's sixth studio album, 1372 Overton Park, is out! It seems near impossible to write about this album without mentioning the doubts of long-time Lucero followers. At the same time, it almost feels selfish to rehash them over and…
We’re Number….33? (smartest city in the country that is)
The news & media website The Daily Beast is listing their 55 smartest cities in the country. And the Tampa/St. Pete region comes in at 33rd. The website says it graded what makes a city smart by by giving points for education, and half for intellectual environment. The website says: Tampa was in the middle…
The Florida Orchestra kicks off new season with Rhythms on Fire this weekend
This weekend, The Florida Orchestra kicks off its 2009-2010 season with a masterworks concert of fiery Latin sounds – Rhythms on Fire. TFO is joined by two internationally-recognized mega-talents for the program: Cuban native classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco, who’s been composing, recording and performing for more than three decades; and bandoneón master Daniel Binelli (pictured,…
Cheese Course: Beecher’s Flagship Reserve Truckle
Pedigree: Beecher's began in 2002, less like a farmhouse start-up than the cheesemaking equivalent of a brew pub. Owner Kurt Beecher Dammeier took over a space in the popular Pike Place Market in Seattle, complete with a fully exposed cheese kitchen and cafe. Now, using local milk from herds around Seattle, Beecher's has racked up…
Photo review: Greenland is Melting, Rebekah Pulley & Jon Gaunt at New World
Rocktober started off with a bit of twang with tunes from Greenland is Melting, Rebekah Pulley and Jon Gaunt at New World Brewery on October 1, 2009. Greenland is Melting with Jon Gaunt Greenland is Melting Greenland is Melting plays simply splendid soulful roots rock that is equally at home sitting on the porch or…
Tampa woman working on making a difference in Rwanda
Tampa native Elizabeth Davis was in Tampa this week, as she is from time to time. The 25 year old niece of former Tampa Democratic Congresswoman Jim Davis was in town raising funds for her organization, the Akilah Institute for Women, a school that she founded in Rwanda that will soon begin instructions this year,…
Toxic beauty: The dangerous truth about the cosmetics industry
The $500 billion beauty industry is embraces a message that tells women they must correct, conceal and camouflage. Peel away the glitz and glamour, says Stacy Malkan, co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry, and you'll expose the toxic truths…
Dreaming of ages and stages of sexuality
“Dream Momma, In my dream I was in the middle of 4th grade and we moved because my father got a job offer with this other company. Even though I was sad about leaving my kindergarten friends and classmates behind I knew in the dream it was supposed to happen. My parents found the house…
Today and tonight in Tampa: Wye Oak in-store at Vinyl Fever, show at New World
Baltimore’s Wye Oak (made up of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack) produces big beat ’60s-influenced indie folk rock with dreamy melodies, washes of swirling symphonics and electro-psychedelia, and vocals rising in blissful choral harmony. The duo signed to Merge Records (Neutral Milk Hotel, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Camera Obscura) last year and released their Merge…
More clarity on St.Pete candidates, plus video of Baywalk sidewalk furor
After finally viewing the entire October 1st 2009 St. Petersburg City Council meeting regarding the now infamous Baywalk sidewalk issue, I have noticed many interesting details that are worthy of mention. With just over a month to go until the City election, I found some interesting dynamics displayed. I must admit, the results did not…
Leather however: a poem for the leather crowd (audio)
Read by T.R. Robbins (audio) Shark fin soup is not an aphrodisiac, unless you get off on unnecessary death. Leather however, has its place, from the sultry booth where the jazz spoke your gestures across the room to the belt that slowly slipped off your trousers after the ungodly length of time it took to…
Ava Lussuria – Contributor
Ava is a dancer, ninja and master of the Locoplata.
St Pete for Peace: We won’t protest at Baywalk for a year
In the wake of last week's vote by the St. Petersburg City Council not to vacate the sidewalk that leads into the BayWalk retail complex, a vote that BayWalk owners had demanded before they would consider investing more money in the struggling mall, the activist group St. Pete for Peace says they will not protest…
CL Feature: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, a trio that plays Crowbar on Friday night (with video)
He’s a hefty backwoodsman type with dark, merry eyes, a thick black beard, working man’s suspenders, worn pork-pie hat, and a booming Hoosier-country drawl that howls to the heavens or digs deep into the earth. Josh “The Reverend” Peyton is the driving force of Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, a family trio featuring vocalist/fingerstyle guitarist…
Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival review: Make the Yuletide Gay, Oct. 9
Managing to be both implausible and predictable, this slapdash little coming-out movie is diverting nevertheless, boosted by funny characterizations, cute boys and pop-cult knowingness. Big Queer On Campus Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson somehow remains closeted to his family, a fact that comes as a surprise to his boyfriend Nathan when he shows up unexpectedly at Gunn’s…
G-spot 101: how to push a woman’s magic button
Do you know where the g-spot is? You should! It is, after all, what allows some women to orgasm during vaginal penetration. Find her sweet spot manually and she'll likely want to jump on your cock for more, so this is really a good thing to know. If your finger is inside a girl, the g-spot…
The debate over Iran’s nuclear facility
Iran has taken center stage in the news, and everyones' concern is over their disclosure of a second nuclear facility. This has sparked a debate in American politics on what to do with Iran now, and the pressure to act is high, especially from some of America's intellectuals and leaders. Paul Wolfowitz asserted in the…
On the Radar: Chillounge Night
Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. Finally, the air is getting cool and crisp — and let’s hope it stays that way, because it is time to chill, in every sense of the word. Chillounge Night – sponsored by Cointreau and created by a Sarasota…
Do It Today: The Black Crowes, Scissors: Pop Up, Coffee with a Curator
Less than a year after their last appearance at Clearwater's stately Ruth Eckerd Hall, New York-based blues rockers Crowes return for another round of fiery jams marked by the finger-licking prowess of North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson. The tour supports the release of the band's eighth studio effort, Before the Frost…Until the Freeze, a…
The slow death of ordinary sex?
Exactly when did ordinary sex became taboo? What ever happened to the days of mind blowing sex with one partner who wasn't married to someone else or hanging from a death defying sex swing? Have we evolved so much that sex itself isn’t good enough?
Largo extends submission deadline for Recycled Innovations contest
Eco-Innovators and procrastinators have more time to submit their recycled creation to the City of Largo's Recycled Innovations Contest. This online contest encourages innovators to make use-able items with the contents of their trash can. All entries must be made of 75 percent or more recycled material or material that would otherwise be discarded. Contrary…
New music releases out October 6 (Jesus Lizard & New Order deluxe vinyl, Built To Spill, Roseanne Cash, Lucero, Sufjan Stevens, Widespread Panic and many others)
VINYL: David Bazan – Curse Your Branches Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown Lou describes this as, “a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh.” Boston Spaceships – Zero To 99 Robert Pollard. Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers The Clientele – Bonfires on the Health The…
Marco Rubio campaign says they’ve raised nearly a million dollars in last quarter
Has the Florida GOP Senate race now changed? The Marco Rubio campaign announced today that they will be able to officially report soon that they have raised "almost a million dollars" in the last financial quarter, ending last Wednesday. Campaign Manager Alex Burgos told Creative Loafing that the campaign is encouraged by the numbers, but…
Concert review: Tigercity and Royal Bangs at New World Brewery (with pics)
It was a mild Saturday night in Ybor City this past weekend, New World Brewery’s indoor bar and outdoor courtyard scattered with 100 or so people, small groups of friends drinking and chatting and waiting in patient anticipation for the two out-of-towners to hit the stage – support act Royal Bangs, and headliners Tigercity. [All…
New video: Q-Tip and Norah Jones, “Life Is Better”
Hip-hop artist/producer Q-Tip has premiered a new video on YouTube for "Life Is Better," a smooth, funky-jazz duet featuring Norah Jones. The song, from Q-Tip’s 2008 critically-acclaimed album, The Renaissance, celebrates the history of hip-hop starting with Kool Herc all the way through to current chart toppers like Jay-Z and Kanye. The video is animated…
Picadillo recipe, and a killer leftover Picadillo Pizza
We have a rule at my house: "She who cooks, does not clean". Since I’m the only one who cooks around here, "she" is me! And, since my daughter is in the midst of that twilight zone that is teenagedom, she is indefinitely removed from the equation. (We’re just thankful that she resurfaces for meals…
Upcoming Audubon Assembly and Dialogue on Coastal Conservation and Climate Change
Join the Audubon of Florida on October 23 and 24 in St. Petersburg for the 2009 Audubon Assembly and Dialogue on Coastal Conservation and Climate Change. See below for more information: Celebrated oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Ph. D., is the Assembly’s keynote speaker. The two-day program brings together conservation leaders and scientists—as well as policy makers,…
CD review: Built To Spill, There Is No Enemy
Doug Martsch – lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Built To Spill – helms There Is No Enemy as skillfully as previous albums. The new album, the band’s seventh and first since 2006’s You In Reverse, continues the Built To Spill tradition of producing catchy, guitar-driven alt rock composed of fractured melodies and plenty of…
Photo review: Metallica at St. Pete Times Forum
Some shots from the Metallica show this past Saturday, October 3, at the St. Pete Times Forum; more pics and photo gallery (including shots of support act Gojira) after the jump.
How a running injury is like a bad break up
Love on the rocks Ain't no surprise Pour me a drink And I'll sell you some lies Got nothing to lose So you just sing the blues all the time -Neil Diamond If you have been dumped then you know how bad it sucks. If you have never been there, then you are one lucky…
Introducing the CL Cookbook
Since we revamped CL's online food section at the beginning of the year, we've been lucky to recruit a cadre of talented home cooks and serious chefs to contribute their favorite recipes. If you're a regular of the site, you've seen them stream through every week, often with gorgeous food porn-worthy photography to illustrate the…
Dreaming of a break up
“Dream Momma, keep having the same kind of dream the past 3 nights. i have been with my boyfriend for a year and a half and i keep having dreams that he is going to break up with me sooner or later. Our relationship hasn't always been perfect, but we have been through a lot…
Gossip Girl recap: new stars, new romance, new gossip
"If you ask me, we go to the movies because we want to see fairy tales. A sleeping queen woken by her true love's kiss; a princess who puts aside her jewels to make her way in the world; lovers torn apart being brought back together. But life isn't a fairy tale and happy endings…
Florida State Fair demographic research shows that people want deep-fried Oreos more than rides
That's right, food is the biggest draw at the Florida State Fair, according to a survey by Wilson Media Group. Rides, being fleeced by carnies, and that weird exhibition hall filled with odd home-based businesses didn't even make the top two. In fact, more than 50% of the respondents claimed they go to the fair…
Tampa gloryhole video released nationally (NSFW)
It's Saturday night and Shirley, a naked, 20-year-old girl, is on her knees in front of a hole in the wall, eagerly waiting. Sound like a porno? It is. Dirty D Productions, who've made such gems as Crack Whore Confessions, presents its latest venture: Gloryhole Girlz 6 (Yes, there were apparently five others). This is…
Ed Begley Jr. to talk about sustainable living in Tampa
By any standard, actor Ed Begley Jr. has had a very good career. Since making his mark in series like Room 222 and St. Elsewhere in the 1970s and ’80s, he has appeared in numerous plays, movies and television programs going on nearly four decades. But since the time Americans first saw him on the…
To do in Tampa: Lucero Listening Party @ Vinyl Fever Tonight
After months of talk 1372 Overton Park has finally been released. To mark the occasion the Lucero Social Club is holding listening parties across the United States and Tampa's is gonna be at Vinyl Fever. There will be free beer, free pizza (courtesy of ninebullets) and some like minded folks hanging out drinking beer and…
Alex Sink’s excellent quarter
The woman who hopes to become the first to lead the great state of Florida, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, is reporting that she raised $1.6 million over the past three months. Her top Republican Party opponent, Attorney General Bill McCollum, has yet to announce his fundraising totals over the past quarter year. Sink is…
Paranormal Activity gets more showtimes
The scariest movie of the year, Paranormal Activity will continue to expand to more theaters this weekend after stellar reviews — especially from yours truly (check it out here) — a successful “demand it” viral marketing campaign, and grosses of $535,000 last weekend in just 33 theaters convinced the studio that they have a winner…
Restaurant Review: Marrakech Restaurant
Marrakech Restaurant 2.5 stars 2402 S. MacDill Ave., Tampa, 813-258-9100 XXX and XXX, husband and wife owners of Marrakech Restaurant in Tampa, come from separate continents, across the Mediterranean Sea. She's Moroccan, he's French, two nationalities that have an entwined history apparent to anyone who's seen Casablanca. And, although XXX is a classically trained French…
Stylish, eco-friendly yoga mat totes
Have you heard about the new eco friendly Yoga Bags made from recycled items such as recycled juice boxes and feed sacks? If not, you’re missing out on some of the hottest new tote bags to hit the market. These bags are not only eco-friendly but they’re designed to be both fashionable and practical. Yoga…
On the Radar: National Theater Live: All’s Well That Ends Well
Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. This weekend, a trip to England to see authentic reenactments of Shakespeare's most popular works might not be in the budget (But who knows? Hold onto that lotto ticket.) Fortunately for those of us who are more comfortable with…
Do It Today: The Florida Orchestra visits The Studio@620, The Airborne Toxic Event, Compost: An Installation
The Studio@620 has collaborated with more people than Kanye West, now teaming up with The Florida Orchestra for An Intimate Collaboration, an up-close, once-monthly, themed performance on the Studio's cozy stage. Tonight's entertainment is based on "Rhythms of Life," and includes a combo of "dance, song, rhythm, poetry and music" under the steady baton of…
‘Might I buy you a beer… and grab your teet?’
Much as the Cat in the Hat had Thing 1 and Thing 2 to keep him entertained on rainy days, I have Boob 1 and Boob 2. Most times, in the privacy of my own home, they don't do a whole hell of a lot for me. They get in the way, I spill things…
Backstreet Boys’ Brian Litrell gets swine flu. Icky.
Just got a press release from the Backstreet Boys' PR machine about Brian Litrell's newly diagnosed illness. Not sure if getting swine flu is something you want to be broadcasting to God and his creation, but hey — I guess they're of the mind that all press is good press, even if it's about something…
700 people pose nude in a French vineyard for Greenpeace
Many groups are trying to make their voices heard over the issue of climate change, trying to get world leaders to attend the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December. Some groups are taking more extreme approaches than others. For instance, a group of 700 volunteers in Burgundy, France, stripped down and posed for…
Reports of armed man on USF-Tampa Campus
Update: Several news agencies are reporting that a man has been taken into custody on the USF campus. That follows an intense search on the campus that featured live video footage on cable network MSNBC showing police with guns drawn searching for a man in the campus' The man was taken into custody in the…
How to host a successful poker night
Poker, specifically No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em, is a craze that is currently sweeping the nation. With the constant television coverage of the World Series of Poker and its rise in popularity, everyone and their mother has suddenly become a poker player. Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson are becoming household names. Poker rooms…
Highlights from Brews by the Bay 2009
The Florida Aquarium's 'Brews by the Bay' event made quite a splash Saturday night. Creative Loafing was the media sponsor of the festivities, which started at 8 p.m. with a line that wrapped around the building (tickets having sold out before the event even started), full of partygoers who were eager to sample the many brews…
CD review: Hockey, Mind Chaos (with video)
Mind Chaos is a debut littered with hit songs. In fact, the album was already pretty damn good when Portland-based foursome Hockey initially self-released it as an EP in 2008. But after getting picked up by Capitol Records, Mind Chaos was remixed, remastered, and rounded out with several new songs for its major label re-release…
How I barely survived being on local television
Catherine Durkin Robinson is a handful creating quite a scene over at Out in Left Field. Last week I got a request to appear on Studio 10, a local morning talk show in Tampa, hosted by Holley Sinn and Jerome Ritchey. They wanted to discuss my review of Capitalism: A Love Story and maybe even…
The Da Vinci Code is so very, very broken; Book Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Full disclosure: At the time, when it was still just some book and not THE DA VINCI CODE, I recommended that mega-selling novel to several people. I read it front to back one rainy Sunday afternoon, and had a fine time. For me it was a pulp thriller, a breakneck-paced, over-the-top tale that layered on…
Making the case for excessive celebration in college football
“Celebrate good times, come on!” -Kool and the Gang Congratulations! You just received that promotion you’ve been anticipating. You closed a huge sale, finished that lingering household project or lost the weight you’ve been trying for months to lose. It’s time to celebrate. After all, who could hold back emotion after such an accomplishment? Wouldn’t…
O Captain! My Captain!: Reflecting on the influence of Captain Beefheart
A disturbing premonition wrestled me from slumber hours before dawn. Captain Beefheart is going to die soon. And it won’t rupture the zeitgeist enough as it should. But having the world mourn alongside won’t help ease anything, because for myself, and I believe most fans of Don Van Vliet’s enigmatic character, the actual listening experience…
Conde Nast shuts down four magazines, including Gourmet
As part of its survival-mode restructuring campaign, Conde Nast announced today that it is shutting down production of four of its magazines, including big name brands Gourmet and Modern Bride, as well as Cookie and Elegant Bride. There have been rumors about Gourmet's demise for almost a year now, and in the first half of…
Classic comic character Vampirella reinvented: now African-American
Vampires are in. True Blood, the Charlaine Harris-adapted stories of waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her love affair with small town vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) has garnered enough success for Showtime to have ordered a third season. (Even with Evan Rachel Wood's cancerous performance.) The CW has been raising the dead for years: Superman…
Dream Momma says go from schoolgirl to femme fatale
“Dear Dream Momma, I have a big crush on this guy I know. In my dream last night he said hi and seemed really happy to see me and his face and eyes glowed with this happy warmth. I said hi and I could feel inside I was screaming with excitement but wanted to play…
First Monday in October, more U.S. troops dead in Afghanistan and the end of the Bobby Bowden era?
Today the U.S. Supreme Court officially begins its new session, with Latina Justice Sonia Sotomayor bringing her perspective to the bench, succeeding David Souter. USA Today reports that former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said over the weekend that she regretted that some of her decisions "are being dismantled" by the current Court, led by John…
Concert review: Alice Cooper at Ruth Eckerd Hall, still scaring and shocking in his 60’s (with pics + setlist)
Time can be cruel. For an outlandish, shock-rocker whose heyday of gimmicks and gore dates back over three decades ago, trying to maintain the level of shock and disgust that propelled him to notoriety can be quite a difficult task. [All photos by Phil Bardi.] Then there's Alice Cooper. A man whose name and persona…
Corkscrew: Chenin Blanc — The grape stranger
I love truffles. Not the gooey chocolate delicacy but the delicious yet expensive mushroom that I’d sell myself on the street to pay for. Few people are enamored or familiar with my favorite fungus. Only elite culinarians are hip to them — much like the chenin blanc grape. Truffles are to food as chenin blanc…
Communicating in the swinger world
had many emails asking how to successfully approach other swingers. The answer isn't the same for everyone. Approaching a stranger for sex is awkward at best, let alone incredibly intimidating. What if they say no? What if they don't like you? How do you know if they like you?
Eco Chic: Bracelets and cuffs from recycled vinyl records
Accessories are a big part of any girl’s life. They help to dress up and enhance any outfit while giving you a chance to show off a little of your personality. What better way to do so than with unique eco friendly bracelets and cuffs? In the past, it was difficult to find accessories for the…
Liberal activist David Swanson comes to the Tampa Bay area
David Swanson first became known to progressives in the U.S.back in 2005 when he helped publicize the Downing Street Memos, the minutes of a meeting amongst the British Prime Minister's senior ministers in July of '02 that documented discussions about going to war in Iraq well in advance of when the U.S. and Great Britain…
Do It Today: Wilder to Williams, Art In Science
Taking off from the success of the Best of the Bay-winning Summer Sunset Cinema Series, The Studio@620 and Push Ultra Lounge once again team up to present a collection of thought-provoking films each Monday — this time for Wilder to Williams, featuring the best of director Billy Wilder and playwright Tennessee Williams. Tonight's selection is…
It Happened this Week-ish: Pregnant Angels, more drama from The Hills cast, Twilight bitchiness, Adam Lambert loses to Babs and more
*Not one, not two, but a total of four Victoria's Secret Angels are preggers. The makeup artists at the next runway show should probably start stocking up on Dermablend ASAP; those stretch marks are not going to cover themselves. *Kristin Cavallari of The Hills/Laguna Beach told Ryan Seacrest that John Mayer has asked her out,…
On the Radar: I Heard A Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill
Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. This weekend, a traveling exhibition organized by Chattanooga’s Hunter Museum of American Art, I Heard A Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill brings nearly 30 of the acclaimed contemporary artist’s works — with an emphasis on sculptural installations —…
Tighten up down there
Our loves holes lose elasticity with age, usage, and childbirth, which is unfortunate because the tightness of the anus and vagina contribute to sexual pleasure for both men and women. This is why it's necessary to exercise these muscles daily. While I was in nursing school, one of my instructors continually made negative commits about…
Concert review: The Killers at Tampa’s USF Sun Dome (with photo gallery and setlist)
All photos by Tracy May. I am a MASSIVE fan of The Killers. I love the Killers like the British love the Beatles. On my most existential days — when boys are infuriating and life in general doesn't make sense — I can be found driving my car, blasting their music from my stereo, shouting,…
Review: Between the Trees at Orpheum
I'm a sucker for a cute boy that can sing AND play piano, so Between the Trees frontman Ryan Kirkland stole my heart three years ago. The Orlando-based group writes pop-rock songs with a Christian rock undertone. In 2006, the band hit the scene with their album The Story and The Song (Bonded Records). They became…
Top MacGuffin’s in Cinema
A MacGuffin is a term coined by famous director Alfred Hitchcock (and used continuously by George Lucas) to define a plot element, generally an object, that drives the characters and the story. To illustrate, I compiled some of the most famous MacGuffins. Check my list out, and let me know all good ones I missed…
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity
When I was 6 years old, I saw Jaws for the first time and was truly terrified that my trip to the beach the next day would be my last. Despite my love of the water, I still feel the terror that movie caused. Now, 20-something years later, I have experience true terror yet again.…
Will Kendrick Meek be challenged in Dem Primary?
Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre is expected to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate next week. The 74-year-old Ferre has not served in public office for 13 years, so on the surface this would not appear to be a significant development. However, it goes to the perception in some Democratic circles…
Movie Review: Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson
Who knew the zombie-filled apocalypse would be this much fun? Mixing comedy, horror, road movie and coming-of-age story, Zombieland manages to be gross, hilarious and — dare I say it — heartwarming. Read more of Sal's review of Zombieland after the jump …
Green beauty products: How to know if they’re the real deal
When you go to your local pharmacy and see an array of beauty products, soaps and other toiletries labeled as 'green', it might be hard to determine which ones are legitimately organic or natural products and which ones might be exploiting their green efforts. According to Women's Health Magazine, most beauty products that are legitimate…
Sex Bites: Letterman reveals infidelity and extortion plot to studio audience
During Thursday's night's show, David Letterman revealed that he's had sexual relationships with members of his female staff, and that a 48 Hours employee who knew about the relationships tried to extort $2 million from Letterman to keep his silence. Letterman told his studio audience that about three weeks ago he got into his car…
Music links for Friday, Oct. 2: Kanye West, Thom Yorke, the Ramones, T.I., Bob Dylan, The Bravery and more
Enjoy a dose of music news to kick off the weekend. Surprise! Kanye's all talk and no show and cancels his American tour with Lady GaGa. But maybe you can catch him at Taylor Swift's next concert. Radiohead's Thom Yorke announces his solo band will be making an early debut tonight in L.A. The still-unnamed…
What NFL and NCAA games to watch this weekend (Oct 3-5)
Last week, college football fans saw four top ten teams (Ole Miss, Penn State, Cal and Miami) lose in disheartening fashion. While the upsets this weekend will likely not be as poll-shattering, Saturday’s slate features three crucial contests between ranked teams that will continue to add pieces to the puzzle that is college football. Likewise,…
CD review: Pearl Jam, Backspacer
Over the course of its first eight studio albums, Pearl Jam had its share of miscues – usually due to self-importance or over-ambition – but the band was never guilty of being average. That day has come. Which is not to say that PJ has devolved into just another average band. Far from it. But…
Cheese Course: Ubriaco Al Moscato
Pedigree: Ubriaco — Italian for drunken — originated in the Veneto, when wine and must (the crushed grape leavings after juice has been drained out for wine) from local wineries was an easier and cheaper way to preserve cheeses. This particular version of the cow's milk cheese is soaked in must and wine from local…
Stephen Colbert on the war against toilet paper: “World War 3-Ply”
Check out this hilarious clip from the Colbert Report where Stephen sticks it to environmentalists who are against 3-ply toilet paper. It highlights the environmentalists main arguments, such as comparing what quilted toilet paper is to the paper industry what a Hummer is to the car industry. According to Colbert, the "best, fluffiest toilet paper…
Project Runway recap episode seven: The Blues
This week, the challenge is brought to us by Macy's INC line and everything is blue … ok, welp, I like blue, I guess. It seems a little boring, but we are given another team challenge, which we all know are my favorites because people have even more chances to bicker and gripe and throw…
Transformers 3 coming in July 2011
Oh, and what's-her-name looks to be along as well. Ya know who I'm talking about, right, that hot chick? I know no one has heard of her, but she is hot, and has a big mouth, and looks good standing over the engine of a car … Megan … oh, yeah, Megan Fox. Details on…
Ninebullets.net September Podcast (Lucero, Strawfoot, Drivin’ & Cryin’, Eilen Jewell, Amanda Blank and more)
This month's podcast has a good chunk of unreleased material on it. We've got tracks from upcoming cds by Lucero, Strawfoot and Micah Schnabel (Two Cow Garage) as well as new material from brand new cds by Drivin' & Cryin' and Chuck Ragan. The new Lucero album is coming out on October 6 and if…
If Charlie Crist told the truth…
I got a fundraising e-mail from Charlie Crist the other day. It was a pretty good hoot the way Charlie “have it two ways” Crist is trying to paint himself as a Conservative. But hey, he’s starting to show some bravado – he’s even got the nerve to quote Ronald Reagan!Each paragraph of Chuckles’ original letter…
Movie Review: Whip It, starring Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore
Editor's Note: This review is by CL Atlanta's Curt Holman. (You can check out the original here.) For more movie reviews and news, check out CL's Movies & Television site. Drew Barrymore usually radiates high spirits and good cheer on screen, so it makes sense that her directorial debut, Whip It, would display the same…
Theater Review: And Baby Makes Seven at Jobsite
Paula Vogel’s And Baby Makes Seven has all the ingredients for a successful play, and none of the results. This ultimately tedious exercise has one wonderfully interesting idea – that a lesbian couple has invented a small group of imaginary sons – and then restates it relentlessly without any real development or variation. The three…
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Do It This Weekend: Art from Tes One, [5]art and Korea, Oktoberfest, Cruising for Critters, Women Taking Care of the World and more
Tes One (nee Leon Bedore) returns to Tampa for Repeat Offender, his first solo show in five years. The artist, whose prints are a mainstay in galleries around the Bay area (and designer of CL's own Obama-inspired cover), creates a collection that contrasts "nature with technology, grime with grace" — the results of which are…
Lael Hazan – Contributor
Born and raised in California, Lael Hazan grew up in a family that was always interested in history and food. She graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz with highest honors in western European history with a subspecialty in the Italian Renaissance. She continued pursuing her studies at the Pardes institute in Israel. After…
St. Petersburg City Council votes not to privatize Baywalk entryway
The city of St. Petersburg's controversial dispute over whether to privatize a sidewalk in front of downtown's popular entertainment complex, Baywalk, was decided today after a surprise tied vote by city council. The 4- 4 vote was a change from the preliminary 7-1 vote that was cast to put the issue before two public hearings, with Wengay Newton being the lone dissenter.…
GM continues to push forward after bailout with the hybrid electric Volt
As winter approaches and as America gently heaves itself out of economic implosion, the mainstay of our country's ingenuity, the automobile, has finally reached the breaking point of "do or do not". With oil and gas prices still at an all-time high, Americans do want those vehicles of the future the car companies have been promising…
CD Review: The Postmarks, Memoirs at the End of the World
With singer Tim Yehezkely’s girlishly sweet, breathy opening vocals in “No One Said It Would Be Easy,” The Postmarks introduce their latest turn: cinematic pop fit for a 007 soundtrack from the late ‘60s, subject matter ranging from saving the world to saving a girl to the “Lucky Charm” paramour who keeps his lady safe…
Magic Hat’s “The 9,” a new sort of Battle of the Bands competition. First up: Jim Morey Band, Mogul Street Reserve and Higgins Brothers Band
Three rounds, nine bands, one fatty recording studio package for the winner. Yes, it’s a battle of the bands competition. Yes, I generally think these things are bullshit maneuvers staged by sponsors with questionable motives to get the word out on bands that no one really knows or cares about. But “The 9” isn’t your…
Roy Nelson crushes Kimbo Slice; Team Rashad continues winning streak in TUF 10
The mixed martial arts (MMA) bout between Kimbo Slice and Roy "Big Country" Nelson on the third episode of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season ten was touted as Pay-Per-View worthy, but literally turned out to be just another crushing loss for Kimbo Slice. Nelson was in fact able to use his extensive…
Photo review: The Sounds and Foxy Shazam at The Ritz Ybor
Some shots and photo galleries featuring dance rock sextet Foxy Shazam and Swedish New Wave synth pop fivesome The Sounds, fronted by Maja Ivarsson, who was deemed by Blender as one of the “Hottest Women in Rock.” See full gallery after the jump.
Tampa to consider protections for transgendered people
This morning at the Tampa City Council meeting, a motion was called to have the City's Legal Department review adding protections for transgendered people in Tampa's Human Rights Ordinance. Philip Dinkins, the chair of the Board, came before the Council asking them to eliminate discrimination against transgendered people, saying that 16 local governments in Florida…
Introduction to a soon-to-be legendary winery: Achaval Ferrer
Not really sure how cult classics are born, but the ones who get it right seem to rocket to success quickly. Some have equally cult winemakers to aid them in their assent — Helen Turley (Colgin, Bryant Family), Heidi Barrett (Screaming Eagle) — but others have fabulously gorgeous wines which sell themselves. Bodega Achaval Ferrer, a…
Green Community Calendar weekend events: Screenings of Food Inc. and Fresh, green markets galore and more
Looking for something green-related to do this weekend? Look no further than our own Green Community Calendar. Dunedin Green Market- Every Friday; 8 am- 1 pm. The Dunedin Green Market is located in Pioneer Park at the cross streets of Douglas Avenue and Main Street in Downtown Dunedin and runs every Friday. Screening of Food,…
Kate Plus Eight doomed for failure: How will the kids pay for therapy now?
Jon and Kate Plus Eight has been a guilty pleasure of mine since the beginning, the adorable eight kids (well, at least seven are adorable, Mady’s kind of a little bitch), the loving marriage of Jon and Kate, and my sadistic curiosity about when everything would fall apart. Well, ladies and gentleman, that time has…
This weekend’s best bets in Bay area music (The Killers, Alice Cooper, Bettye LaVette, Metallica, Tiger City, Heavy Pets, GWAR and more)
A quick breakdown of this weekend’s most worthy concerts beginning with Thursday, ’cause that’s when the weekend really starts, right? For a more comprehensive schedule of concerts, check out our Upcoming Events page. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 Between the Trees w/Action Item/Farewell/Punchline The music of Orlando’s Between the Trees is unexpectedly melodic for a band on…
Bureaucrat Watch on County Administrator Pat Bean continues
As if giving double digit raises in an economic crisis to some of her faves wasn't infuriating enough to taxpayers, it was recently revealed that County Administrator Pat Bean took an "award" herself. It was a 1% pay increase really……..isn't that a raise? Of all people, the seemingly insolent and embattled Internal Performance Auditor (IPA)…
Alan Grayson drops Holocaust reference: “I’m a Democrat with a spine”
Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson has made a name for himself over the past year — mostly among Netroots Nation Democrats who have been impressed by his fiery partisan language. But the Orlando freshman has been catapulted into a whole new world of media coverage over the past 48 hours, after this statement: "The Republican…
Back door meetings par for the course at City Hall in St. Pete?
Lady Liberty, ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone – only darkness every day. Our St. Pete house just ain’t a home when she goes away. You can forget about solar panels in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mayor Rick Baker has completely robbed the city of all sunshine. And as for Lady Liberty, I wonder if she’s…
On the Radar: Graphicstudio Benefit Sale
Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. Next weekend, whether you’re a seasoned collector or just thinking about dipping your toe in the art pool, mark the USF College of Arts’ 11th Annual Graphicstudio Benefit Sale on your to-do list. Works by well-known artists including Ed…
Slow Money, financial permaculture and capitalism
It’s time to move from wondering what’s Slow Food to questioning Slow Money. Like enjoying locally-grown food, slow money is about making your investments local, “bringing money back down to earth,” says Woody Tasch. For deeper digging, there’s his book, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered.…
Do It Today: Art, beer, movies and music
The Morean Arts Center and The Studio@620 continue to bring current art and issues to the community — this time, with a month's worth of advance screenings of Art21-Art in the Twenty-First Century, the national TV series with a focus on contemporary art. After the show, the host of WMNF's "Art in Your Ear," JoEllen…
Sex bites: Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag ‘Barely Having Sex’
For all of you out there who was worried about the spawn of Speidi, worry not, you're safe for now. On Tuesday, Spencer Pratt told the New York Post that he and wife Heidi Montag are "barely having sex" because of his fears "she's gonna have a baby." Pratt, 26, says that his sex life…
The Yale Forum’s Bud Ward on ocean acidification, electric cars, and the changing Florida coral reefs
Here are links to three different interesting green-related articles by Bud Ward, editor of the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media, including a short video interview about the changes in the Florida coral reefs. If you're interested in learning more about ocean acidification, electric cars and links to Santa Fe's example of the growing role…
Missing: Creative Loafing “Fire” Box, Reward Offered
Two years ago, Creative Loafing unveiled "Project: ReCover," in which local artists re-painted (or otherwise recovered) four of our distribution boxes. Local artists Blue Lucy curated the project and each box was modeled after one of the four elements (earth, air, fire and water). The boxes were then placed along Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.…
HART celebrates a birthday – hopes it can celebrate harder a year from now
On Wednesday, officials with HART (and you'd better call it that or their pr rep will get in your face) held an event at Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa, to observe their 30th anniversary in being the public transit agency in Hillsborough County. The event comes just 2 days after HART released a survey…
Erotic websites for “the thinking set” (photos NSFW)
If you prefer Mad Men to Gossip Girl, museums to malls and Tina Fey to Paris Hilton, this is for you. Everyone enjoys a bit of erotica on occasion, but who has the time to weed through all the crap in order to find the good stuff? Don't just settle. I've compiled a list of the best…
New(ish) music videos by Dan Deacon, Omo, Fool’s Gold and Variety Lab
Some fab, A-grade videos out right now that were released online over the past few months. Enjoy! Dan Deacon, "Paddling Ghost" Type of music: Freak-out noisetronica by the solo Baltimore electro artist Album: Bromst, out March 24 on Carpark. Description: Stuffed animals and craft art characters make up the cast of this story, which follows…
Clarifying Kathy Castor’s Vote on ACORN
Earlier today in our report, we referred to a letter that Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor wrote to the Tampa Tribune, responding to criticism that she voted to maintain funding for ACORN, the must abused community organization for poor people that is under fire for a variety of recent scandals. The Representative wrote that the reason…
How to cook a turkey, the preschool way
I almost feel compelled to start with a disclaimer: Please, do NOT try this at home. I understand that if you landed on this page, most likely what you want are instructions on how to cook a turkey. Maybe you are busy preparing for Thanksgiving 2009. Or maybe you just want to know how to…
The story behind property tax exemptions for solar and wind storm improvements
The 14th annual ASES Solar Home Tour this Saturday, October 3rd will be the first time tour conducted in Tampa. Don’t miss the opportunity to see some demonstrations, learn how solar photovoltaic installations work and how to save money by using energy efficient systems in your home. In my last post, the energy savings I…
Amanda Baskin – Contributor
Amanda Baskin has dedicated her life to the written word. She loves writing but considers reading a bigger passion. She picked up her first copy of Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone ten years ago and has been completely obsessed ever since. Amanda plans on becoming an Auror (dark wizard catcher) or maybe a writer…
Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack now streaming, blissful
Those giddy with anticipation for the Spike Jonze film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are (out Oct. 16) can now enjoy the soundtrack, which is streaming over at imeem. The tracks are credited to "Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) And the Kids." Alos adding their talents: Deerhunter's Bradford Cox and…
The Rock Report: Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays @ The Ritz Ybor
Monday night, the wife and I ventured across the bridge to see one of my wife's favorite bands from the '80's: The Psychedelic Furs. This show also marked my second trip to the refurbished (and beautiful) Ritz Theater. The Ritz is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to catch a show. (Pictured below: The…
EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival: Your guide to the best of the fest
As in the past, the food took top billing at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, with the wine trailing in second. And beer made a big comeback appearance, but there were enough vinous highlights to keep my attention. Some quick hits: • I found the best and most surprising food pairing at the…
It Happened This Week-ish: Famous people got married, NBC effs itself, Screech is a writer, The Mommas and the Poppas are real gross, and more
*New girl in school, Jenny Slate made a name for herself on SNL this week, when she let the f-word slip during a sketch. Everyone knows she totally did that on purpose! No one would know her name this week if she kept saying "freakin" like all those other Biker Chicks in the not-so-but-maybe-more-funny-than-I-thought-it-would-be season…
The Mitch Perry Report: Bill Clinton in Sarasota; Kathy Castor and ACORN
Bill Clinton comes to West Central Florida tonight. He'll be speaking in Sarasota at the Van Wezel Center at 7:45 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Ringling College Library Association. More on how the former commander in chief might, just might, have an impact on the Florida governor's race later in the post.…
Wednesday-music.com profile: Pterodactyl Squad releases Weezer’s Blue Album as an 8-bit videogame soundtrack
I’m not even sure how I found this; maybe insomnia, maybe boredom. But either way, other than Real Ultimate Power, it is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on the amazing World Wide Internet. Pterodactyl Squad is a record label that describes itself as "a video game music netlabel." Basically, that means it's an online…
Is sex like wine?
Many articles try to correlate personalities with purchases: cars, pets, and clothes. Just for fun I'm going to correlate a person’s sexual personality with the type of wine they drink. White Wines such as Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio/Pinot Gris, Rieslings, Sauvignon Blancs can be sweet, dry, or somewhere in between. Sex with a white wine drinker…
Cigar City brings home a gold from the Great American Beer Festival
Ybor brewery Cigar City has rocked the beer world since its first release last year, with ratings on beer review sites that put some of its brews at the top of the heap, along with widespread critical acclaim. Now the local brewery can add another bauble to its trophy case. In the annual Great American…
This week’s recommended new releases: 7 Worlds Collide, Alice in Chains, Brand New, Karen O and the Kids & more
CDs: – Sun Came Out New album from the project led by Neil Finn with contributions by Sharon and Liam Finn, members of Wilco, Johnny Marr, KT Tunstall, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway of Radiohead, Lisa Germano, Bic Runga and others. AFI – Crash Love Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue Includes…
Around the world for $80: EPCOT’s International Food and Wine Festival
(Check here for more on the food and wine pairings at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.) Last weekend I was fortunate enough to indulge in Disney’s International Food & Wine Festival at EPCOT Center. This marks the 14th year of an event that promises the chance to eat and drink your way around…
A more sustainable alternative to the BayWalk bailout
The City Council of St. Petersburg will make a decision this Thursday that will signal what path the city is taking for the future. The council will vote on spending nearly $700,000 in taxpayer money for more police and special projects for the owners of BayWalk, including privatization of the sidewalk outside the mall entrance. BayWalk's ownership, whose…
Draw together, right now, at Big Draw Ruskin
A festival and a mural honor the sprit of Ruskin’s namesake.
The poet casts his vote for St. Petersburg mayor
Why are our stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads. —Howard Nemerov, 'Power to the People' Picking our leaders is always tricky, and often disappointing. Like actors — or even poets — what they say and what they do vary unpleasantly, and attractive personalities may…
CD Review: Islands, Vapours
Montreal rock ensemble Islands made an indie splash in ’06 with their breezy, mellifluous popadelic debut, Return to the Sea. The adventurous and progressive second effort, Arm’s Way, followed on a wave of dramatic symphonics in ’08. The third, Vapours (out Sept. 22, today, on Anti-), finds the band moving in a New Wave-wheeling and…
Theater review: Fascinating Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop
Actor/writer/performance artist Danny Hoch has made it his personal mission to bring an unusual type of character to the live stage. This character usually shows up only in the margins of dramatic literature: he may be a criminal or a drug addict or physically or mentally damaged. He may be a white kid who wishes…
How do medical alert dogs know something is wrong?
I play poker with this guy on a fairly regular basis at the casino. He's got this medical alert dog he brings with him everywhere. Apparently the dog will warn him 20 minutes prior to having a medical emergency that he needs to seek help. How does the dog know something is wrong with him?…
CD Review: The Dead Weather, Horehound
White Stripes’ frontman Jack White takes a behind-the-scenes role in his latest project, The Dead Weather, which brings together lead singer Alison Mosshart (of London-based lo-fi post-punk duo The Kills), Raconteurs’ bassist Jack Lawrence, and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita. The foursome involved weren’t fucking around when they went into the studio…
Theater Review: A fine Fences at American Stage
Fences is a character study of a flawed man whose defects aren’t entirely of his own making. Troy Maxson is an African-American garbage collector who spent 15 years in jail for killing a man in a robbery, who afterwards became a star baseball player in the Negro Leagues, and who then married a good woman…
Review: Phish, Joy
Phish announced they were calling it quits a month before dropping their 10th official studio album in 2004. Their last release under Elektra, Undermind was a brilliant work, moody and driving psyche rock studded with upbeat pop and the odd goof-off. But its dark and melancholy moments were too much a reflection of Phish’s own…
Spin these new albums
Four hot albums released during the past four months. Check it.
Zombieland review: Gross, hilarious, heartwarming
Who knew the zombie-filled apocalypse would be this much fun? Mixing comedy, horror, road movie and coming-of-age story, Zombieland manages to be gross, hilarious and — dare I say it — heartwarming. As the film begins, a plague has turned most people into flesh-eating monsters. They're not undead, which means they can be killed. The…
Riding the light rails in Tampa Bay
Will the business community step up to support light rail in Tampa Bay?
How do you define “sex?”
Clothed encounter leads to different opinions.
Do It Today: Swing Your Empire, Writers at the U, No Bragging Rights at the Orpheum
It's the last day to see Swing Your Empire, a mysteriously titled exhibit by Tampa artist Roger Chamieh, who created an installation of mixed media and “kinetic sculpture” that challenges traditional ideas of stay-in-one-spot sculpture with art that appears fluid and in motion with the use of a variety of materials — from latex inflatables…
Green Community Calendar weekend events: Green markets, organic food and wine tastings, vegetarian cooking class and more
Looking for something green-related to do this weekend? Look no further than our own Green Community Calendar. Sock Hop and Wine Tasting at Whole Foods- Friday, September 25; 6:30-7:30 pm. Happy Days are here again! Come celebrate back to school with a blast from the past. Tampa Whole Foods Market will be hosting a mid…
Late night music, Sept. 21-26: Monsters of Folk, Snow Patrol, U2 and more (+ video of Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Rufus Wainwright)
A weekly bulletin about who’s playing on late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs if you’ve got an early bedtime. See a day missing? No musical guest that night… , NBC Thursday, September 24: Smokey Robinson with Joss Stone (They'll likely perform the duet, “You're the One for Me,” from Robinson's new LP, Time…
The Green Community week in review: Van Jones, blueprint for Florida’s green economy, The Age of Stupid, and more
What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed this last week: Eco-adventurer takes 'Plastiki' expedition to the Pacific Garbage Patch- Eco-adventurer David de Rothschild plans to sail 11,000 miles from San Francisco to Sydney by way of the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch on his 60-foot…
Individual Nectarine Pavlovas: A billowy sweet palette for juicy late summer fruit.
Friends invited me to dinner this week, and I offered to bring dessert. A trip to the market produced sweet-tart, juicy nectarines. I thought about a nice pie or cobbler, but my hostess can’t eat wheat products. A bowl of sliced nectarines with a drizzle of heavy cream is always good, but I wanted something…
Fall Arts Best Bet: Leonard Cohen
In his speech for Leonard Cohen’s induction into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Lou Reed said Cohen belongs among the “highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.” No question, Cohen is one damn talented man; though he’s been doing his thing since the mid-1960s, he found new popularity in the…
