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Get lost in The Casket Girls' new video, "Chemical Dizzy"
The Casket Girls' sophomore album should come with a warning label. The highly addictive effort clocks in at just over 40 minutes, but every moment of True Love Kills the Fairy Tale feels like a big,...
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Between the sheets: top 10 most provocative books out this month
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (3/11/2014)by Melissa Gira GrantIn Playing the Whore, journalist Melissa Gira Grant turns these pieties on their head, arguing for an overhaul in the way we...
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Mitch Perry Report 3.5.14 - Can Rick Scott ride his state of the state...
Yesterday was the first day of the 2014 regular legislative session in Tallahassee, kicked off by Rick Scott's rather personal - and cutting - state of the state address, in which the Florida Governor...
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The third annual Gasparilla Music Festival hits downtown Tampa with The...
After attending a few years' worth of Gasparilla Music Festivals (reviews of 2012 and 2013), it's starting to feel like the performances are almost secondary to the experience as a whole. The relaxed...
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Hillsborough County Commission approves tax incentives to lure 2 motion...
The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners today voted unanimously today to provide a total of $300,000 in financial incentives to ensure that two major film productions make their movies in the...
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Climate Change Lobby to open new chapter in Tampa Bay area this Saturday
Chipotle customers may soon have to deal with consuming their burritos without guacamole. That's because the Mexican fast-food chain has announced that it could temporarily suspend sales of guacamole...
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From BCS to baseball: Jameis Winston plays in Tampa today
For those wanting to get a glimpse of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston in a baseball uniform, this afternoon might be your last opportunity. Winston, who helped the Florida State...
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Rick Scott proposes nearly $200 million for Tampa International Airport...
It's good to be running for re-election with a budget surplus on hand. In his latest Bay area press conference to announce where he is showering tens of millions of dollars on transportation projects,...
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'Til Tuesday: Sink, Jolly & Overby
When you ask some political analysts to break down next Tuesday’s special election, they give multiple reasons why it’s a hard one to figure out. It’s the first time there’s been an open seat in the...
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Third Party Lines: An Interview with Lucas Overby
While David Jolly and Alex Sink continue to bash each other in incessant television ads, Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby has been trying to win over voters by showing up anywhere that will have him...
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The Countdown to CD13 Election Day
Democrat Alex Sink, Republican David Jolly and Libertarian Lucas Overby are the candidates in the most expensive Congressional race in Tampa Bay history. by Scott Harrell and Mitch PerryThis Tuesday,...
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Editor's Note
Editor in Chief David Warner touches on some of the exciting news and events covered in this week's issue of Creative Loafing. by David WarnerIt’s always kind of a crapshoot for CL when, once a year,...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: WiLD Splash 2014 with Wiz Khalifa &...
THURSDAY, MARCH 6Wild Child In a town that’s virtually brimming with high quality musical talent, it’s particularly telling that Austin-bred Wild Child was named both Best Indie and Best Folk Act in...
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Do This: Ringling Underground, USF CAM's dance party and UT Composers Festival
If you're in the mood for a stylish and adventurously artsy evening, the next installment of the event series Ringling Underground is happening tonight in the opulent courtyard of the Ringling Museum...
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Cellophane to Udon: A primer on Asian noodles in the grocery aisle
The next time you need a quick fix for dinner, look no further than the World Flavors/International Foods aisle at your grocery store. Amid the exotic spices and myriad of of sauces lie some of the...
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Tampa man allegedly has sex with pit bull in front of neighbors
Tampa police officers were flagged down on N. Marks Street Tuesday afternoon by a group of concerned neighbors gathered outside the home of Bernard Marsonek, 57. The group told officers that they saw...
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Some Disenchanted! evening
It’s not often that political theater gets a hearing in the Bay area, but the Straz Center’s Disenchanted! is in some ways a work of real agitprop. Its subject is women’s rights, and though it...
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Mitch Perry Report 3.6.14: The politics of red-light cameras in St. Pete
There's a very real possibility that St. Petersburg City Council will vote this morning to terminate the city's contract with its red-light camera vendor. Mayor Rick Kriseman said yesterday that if...
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300: Rise of a Franchise
Fans of the Gerard Butler-starring first film will find more to enjoy in this not-exactly-a-sequel. by Kevin Tall300: Rise of an Empire tells the tale of the other front in the Second Persian...
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Getting primed on Malio's
A visit to Malio’s Prime Steakhouse begins nicely enough with convenient, friendly valet parking. Then, after you make your way through the spare, sleek lobby of the Rivergate Tower, you are ushered...
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