Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

I’ve been working for Creative Loafing for a couple of months now and am just beginning to feel like I’m settling in. It helps that I’m no longer the new kid in Editorial - Wade Tatangelo recently filled the leather captain’s chair that Scott Harrell’s ass used to occupy.

It also helps that my desk is next to Wayne Garcia’s. If I had my college years to do over again, I’d gladly hand Garcia the 23G’s I owe Sallie Mae and follow him around for 2 years. He’s full of knowledge and shares it with whoever cares to listen…or eavesdrop. Whichever.

I’m just part-time, most of my hours going to the exciting task of entering music listings into a database. But being there puts me in the right place at opportune times (and I’m not really complaining because doing the music listings is another way to support the local scene). Shortly after I started, I pitched my first story idea and it will come to fruition (not fruitation. Thanks Wayne!) in this week’s issue.

Last week I worked with Wade at the Less Than Jake show, taking pictures as he wrote his review. I struggled with the camera I had used just once before and was ready to leave the sold out show early, but Wade found me on my way out and convinced me to stick around with his buddies and have a drink at the Emerald.

In the world of WMNF, I was one of several substitute programmers to get a regular time spot in the great program change of ‘07. Some other notable changes include the ax of the 11th hour and Metal Cacophony, True Talk’s expansion to weekly instead of every other week and the (possible) addition of Tavis Smiley…some inside strife has kept Smiley and Mabili Ajani’s Critical Times off the ‘MNF airwaves. The new program guide should be out shortly as these issues are resolved.

My show is the Monday edition of the Pre-Dawn Alternative, from 4 –6 a.m., It’s all-ska on the first Monday of every month, with co-hosts Josh Sullivan, Andy Mort (both of St. Pete’s Can’t Do It), and Matt Turner. For the rest of the month, a different musician guest hosts each week. They design the play list for the show and we chat about everything from the local scene to the CD currently playing in their car.

Another one of my CL co-workers, Joran Slane (Auditorium’s frontman), was the most recent guest host. You can hear the archive of the show here until 2.16.07, when Infinite Skillz will guest host.

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