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Life after Breaking Bad: RJ Mitte visits GIFF with other young stars
We just finished watching him grow up on Breaking Bad as Walter "Flynn" White Jr. Now we get to see him R.J. Mitte person at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa. The festival will...
View ArticleInsane Stop-Motion Music Video
Check out this gorgeous, unsettlingly evocative stop-motion animation video for Australian group Elliot The Bull's single "Colourblind": The piece was animated by Samuel Lewis of Oh Yeah Wow. Simply...
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Tampa Dems blast Gov. Scott on botched unemployment website, but botch some...
The problems with the state of Florida's troubled CONNECT website have been well chronicled in recent months. The $63 million site established for unemployed Floridians to sign up for benefits has had...
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David Jolly narrowly defeats Alex Sink in CD13 finale
David Jolly, a former lobbyist and aide to Congressman Bill Young, won the right to represent the people of Congressional District 13 tonight by narrowly defeating Democrat Alex Sink, 48.43 percent to...
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Pimping problems: key findings on the illegal sex trade
Urban.org released a massive study on the underground sex trade. Their research was based largely on interviews with law enforcement agents and offenders convicted of crimes including compelling...
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Mitch Perry Report 3.12.14: The Democrats' huge disappointment in Pinellas...
Well, it's all over. For at least half a year. No more television commercials, as David Jolly told an enthusiastic audience in Clearwater Beach last night during his victory speech after defeating...
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Gasparilla Music Fest serves eats as good as the beats
Music festivals have always lacked one very crucial element: good food. But thanks to the hardworking folks at Gasparilla Music Festival, that’s changing. In lieu of pre-breaded chicken tenders,...
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Democratic pollster take on CD 13 - Republicans had the arithmetic advantage...
Democratic Congressional Committee Chairman Steve Israel said today that if the CD13 race had been held in November instead of mid-March, Alex Sink would be heading to Washington D.C. today as...
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True Detective Finale: Why the backlash?
It was never about the case. Dora Lange, the Yellow King, Carcosa. Interesting, all of them. But the real story of the season was the relationship between Rust and Marty, which was more ways a...
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Rubio concerns about a single-payer healthcare system seem farfetched
While the results in Tuesday's CD13 election in Pinellas County are used as evidence that the Affordable Care Act is a burden that will bring down vulnerable Democrats in November, Florida Senator...
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Tampa emcee Mike Mass curates almost 50 of the area's best hip hop videos;...
Contrary to the assumptions and loud cries of naysayers, Tampa Bay's local music culture is a vast and expansive, extremely tough thing to explore thoroughly. There are countless creatives whose minds...
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Florida Democrats push back on Legislature's actions that they say restrict...
In recent years, efforts by Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature to combat what they say is voting fraud have not been a political winner for them. After major voting restrictions were passed by the...
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A look back at the third annual Gasparilla Music Festival, in words and photos.
The weekend of the third annual Gasparilla Music Festival was clear, bright and breezy, with a nip to the air that kept the daytime highs in the 70s on both days, and the Saturday night lows dipping...
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Distant shore
Ferry service is a regular aspect of commuting in many of our greatest American cities — Seattle, New York, San Francisco — and throughout the world. Which is why Mark Fernandez was so startled to...
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If you believe in ferries ...
While the transportation planners crunch the numbers and the politicians count voter preferences, I’m imagining the experience of actually riding a ferry from Tampa to downtown St. Pete on a spring...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: Casket Girls, 2 Chainz, Children of...
THURSDAY, MARCH 13Boney James The other curly-haired smooth jazz sax master (not Kenny G); Boney James has firmer R&B roots to his AC sounds. His 2013 14th album The Beat held the No. 1 spot on...
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Distant shore: the move to launch a Tampa Bay ferry
Mitch Perry and Linda Saul-Sena offer two takes on the possibility of water transit in the Tampa Bay area. by Mitch Perry and Linda Saul-Sena As the civic leaders, representatives and citizens of...
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"First Handjob": a parody of "First Kiss" (video)
We all saw the viral video of overly attractive strangers kissing for the first time. The LA-based sketch-comedy group, Pimm's Girls, recreated some of that magic with a parody video of what it would...
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Give leeks a chance this St. Patty's Day: Braised Leeks and Irish Bacon
March has finally rolled around again, and that means it’s time to break out the green garb, beer and food for St. Patrick’s Day. You might have the former two covered, so I’m here to give you a...
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Mitch Perry Report 3.13.14: Spinning madly in Washington & PInellas County
Alex Sink lost on Tuesday because of A) Obamacare, B) too much outside money, C) too many negative ads which ultimately depressed turnout, D) Democrats don't vote in special elections. Which is it?...
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