David Jolly's finance co-chair has tough prescriptions for America
St. Petersburg businessman James MacDougald is co-chairman of David Jolly's finance team and the founder of Free Enterprise Nation, a pro-business, anti-regulation advocacy group that Jolly has lobbied...
View ArticleDo This: DJ nights at Crowbar and Ella's
What a craptastic, Murphy Law-ridden, Mercury-in-Retrograde bullshit Wednesday this has been! Shake it off with some great DJs tonight. These are some of my personal faves, guys in touch with the...
View ArticleThe Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
Stand-up fans will have popular national acts visiting comedy clubs this week, as well as several free events featuring local talent. No matter your budget, there are plenty of affordable laughs to be...
View ArticleBecause it's Friday, here are 13 minutes of the South Park video game
In case you didn't know, South Park, The Stick of Truth is slated for a March 4 release by Ubisoft. And judging by this lengthy intro, it looks hilarious. Have a good weekend![ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleDo This: I Am So Sickened Now
Pathos and frustration — familiar to most on Valentine’s Day weekend — will be explored in Workspace’s new exhibit, I Am So Sickened Now, a show that takes its name from a Morrissey lyric and opens...
View ArticleJolly attempts to reach out to couple who slam him on Social Security in new ad
Not only are David Jolly and Alex Sink miles apart ideologically in their contest to succeed the late Bill Young in Pinellas County's 13th Congressional District next month, they also apparently have...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs brings climate change discussion...
Climate change was one of the many topics of the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs on Friday, with the seminar titled “Global Warming Will Give Us More Time On The Beach” allowing for an...
View ArticleWhere to commemorate Black History Month
Textbooks often overlook the contributions of African-Americans to our culture, so take advantage of events planned throughout the Bay area to honor and commemorate black citizens who've had a...
View ArticleReview: Trey Anastasio Band at House of Blues, Orlando
After checking out great and mind-blowing shows by two bands I'd never seen live before, it was nice to have that feeling of getting back to my roots with Trey Anastasio Band, which had drawn a healthy...
View ArticleSubtle sexism: what men would experience if our sexes were switched (video)
The French short film, "Oppressed Majority," by Éléonore Pourriat helps men understand the subtle slights and major obstacles women navigate daily in a world that is far more misogynistic than most men...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 2.17.14: Dunn case another example of the problems with...
First of all, a big shout-out to WTSP's Noah Pransky for winning the Polk Award for local television reporting over the weekend. His reports exposed how the state of Florida had reduced the length of...
View ArticleMorrissey is coming to town this May! (Stop me if you think you've heard this...
Love him, hate him, admire him or despise him: you certainly can't ignore him. For, as he laments in one of his greatest, brooding ballads, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get." Steven Patrick...
View ArticleWatch Red Bull Music Academy's film What Difference Does It Make?
Music is a drug. And like any drug worth doing, music makes you feel good, releases you, then leaves you begging for more. Some of us listen to music to get our rocks off, but a select few take it a...
View ArticleKathy Castor, ACLU & NAACP call for Gov. Scott & Cabinet to automatically...
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder called for a repeal of laws that prohibit millions of ex-felons from voting, calling it a vestige of the racist policies in the South after the civil war, when...
View ArticleElizabeth Snedecker, star of anti-David Jolly ad, says she'd be glad to talk...
Upon viewing the ad that features a Largo couple bashing his take on Social Security, David Jolly told CL over the weekend that he had attempted to speak directly to that couple — Rod and Elizabeth...
View ArticleA mother and child reunion: Jane Seymour and son visit Syd Entel Galleries
“Life”— that's Jane Seymour’s response when asked where she derives inspiration. The actor, writer, artist and philanthropist says she sees art in everything and captures mental snapshots for future...
View ArticleHey, um, did anyone lose a goat?
The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary is looking for the owner of a friendly female goat found on Nebraska Avenue in Palm Harbor near a hair salon. Please call 727-943-5897 or email spsfi@aol.com.[ Subscribe...
View ArticleComcast-Time Warner deal looks like bad news for the rest of us
There really wasn't too much of an interest on the Sunday morning public affairs show this past weekend, though it was nice to see the networks devote some airtime to climate change after a winter for...
View ArticleThe Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
This week, famous faces from television's past and present hit stages in Tampa Bay. There's also comedy hypnosis, puppets and free shows featuring local talent. Whatever genre makes you laugh, it will...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday! (February 18): Angel Olsen, Junius, Guided by Voices,...
Week three of new music releases in February, 2014! Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio &...
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