As I sit here and attempt to write dorky folk songs on my ukelele with sordid visions of Tiny Tim dancing through my otherwise uncluttered brain, I am going to pimp my band. Specifically we have a show at Paul’s Tattoos in Plant City on September 9th. It’s an all day thing, 9 bands, the [...]
Update 2006 Sep 28: We had to close this post to comments. Please use the new post to continue your discussion of the Trenton Duckett story. AMBER ALERT – ENDANGERED TRENTON DUCKETT Date Missing: 8/27/2006 Missing From: Leesburg County: Lake Birth Date: 8/10/2004 Age Disappeared: 2 yrs Height: 3′ 00″ Race: Asian Hair: Brown Weight: 35 lbs Sex: Male Eyes: Brown Trenton was last seen wearing a blue [...]
It is not your imagination. Your Tampa Bay commute has gotten longer over the last 5 years. Eighty percent of the region’s commuters drive to work alone. Only 1 percent use public transit. Drivers in Pasco spend the most time commuting, averaging 28 minutes one way. We need better mass transit solutions. Now.
85 years ago… August 31, 1921 – Fort Dade on Egmont Key is deactivated by the United States government. The fort, along with Fort DeSoto across the channel on the tip of the Pinellas Peninsula, was constructed during the Spanish-American War to guard the entrance to Tampa Bay. Remnants of the fort, along with the Egmont [...]
Here’s a great opportunity for you to get your voice heard on the subject of war. Asking you to weigh in on the war in Iraq and the war on terror is Ben Eason, President and CEO of the Weekly Planet (also Creative Loafing in Atlanta). Check out this new blog called Voices of War. [...]
“You know that feeling you get when you’re about to take a test you didn’t study for? That’s how I feel about the primaries.” So said my girl friend Lexie, former WMNF reporter turned journalism grad school student. (She’s on the road to BU as I type.) So over coffee we read through last weeks’ Know Your Candidates insert from [...]
Since I am a huge fan of John Travolta’s hair the upcoming release of the Punisher: Extended Cut DVD caught my eye. With the recent proposals to build a movie studio of our very own right here in Tampa I think it is a good time to remember this cult classic. Cult in this case [...]
Let me start by saying there is nothing better than front row at any concert. I have been lucky enough to sit front row for some, lets say, laid back shows. BUT this was to be the first ROCK show in the front row. When we arrived Margi and I were more than pumped. Just knowing that [...]
100 years ago… August 30, 1906 – A public hearing is held in Tampa to discuss the various plans for the city’s new port. W. L. Seddon, chief engineer for the Seaboard Air Line railroad, presented his company’s proposal for the dredging of a channel and establishment of port facilities on Grassy Island in Hillsborough Bay. [...]
