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Sex Bites: this week in sex

Shawn Alff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:41:03 +0000

Zoe Saldana can't shut up about how much she loves sex. Larry Flynt will write a book on the sex lives of Presidents. Same-sex couples will be counted on the 2010 census...

Concert review: The Mercury Program kicks off their triumphant return at Crowbar

Leilani Polk — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:38:08 +0000

A few hundred fans turned up at Crowbar this past Friday night to hear and witness the return of the Gainesville-based post rock foursome.

Arne Duncan wants to ban NCAA teams with low graduation rates

Mitch Perry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:25:33 +0000

The men's basketball teams in this month's tourney who wouldn't make it if Secretary Duncan's proposal was in effect this year include a team that some say could win it all, the University of Kentucky Wildcats, whose graduation rates were listed at 36% this year.

Welsh company unveils modular homes made out of recycled plastic

Katie M. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:56:05 +0000

Welsh housing company Affresol has developed a material to build their modular homes that's cheap, readily available and doesn't involve chopping down tons of trees - from recycled plastic.

Kendrick Meek latest Democrat to bash Obama administration over Israel tiff

Mitch Perry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02:59 +0000

For Meek, the move is another step in showing that he is a centrist, and not "liberal" which of course is an epithet that no Democrat wants to be labeled running a state wide race in Florida.

Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) movie review: The Back Nine (with video preview)

Roger Breit — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:20:33 +0000

CL Contributor Roger Breit reviews The Back Nine, playing this weekend at the Gasparilla International Film Festival. (With video preview)

Dreaming of Princess Di

Dream Momma — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:45:29 +0000

“Dream Momma, I’m a professional now living in Tampa. Spent time in London three years ago and since then I dream on and off of Princess Di. I’d like to do her but my dreams are never hot. In the last dream we are in the back of a black limo like the one she [...]

SXSW 2010 Music Coverage (Updated)

Joran Oppelt — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:10:59 +0000

We're covering the shows and the parties for the next five days. Keep checking back for updates!

American Idol Top 12 Recap: We get it, “Big Mike” and Crystal are amazing…can we be done now?

Amanda Allwood — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:32:08 +0000

Why are we even here? Seriously, American Idol…why am I still watching you this season? You have forsaken me. Last week’s results show was the first time in my long and sordid history with Idol that I actually believed we need a “judges’ override.” There is no way in hell or heaven or earth that [...]

3 Guys & Chuck — The Podcast: “Chuck vs. The Tic Tac”

Kevin Hopp — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:26 +0000

3 Guys and Chuck — The Podcast is back with this week's breakdown of the most recent episode of NBC's Chuck, this one titled: "Chuck vs. The Tic Tac."

Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) movie review: Brainjacked (with video preview)

Roger Breit — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:07:26 +0000

CL Contributor Roger Breit reviews Brainjacked, playing this weekend at the Gasparilla International Film Festival. (With video preview)

Florida bans movies with “non-traditional” themes from receiving tax incentives for shooting in the state

Kevin Hopp — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:51:46 +0000

With an amendment to the current incentive program for movies filming in Florida, it looks like same-sex couples, violence or anything not supporting "traditional family values" is out.

The reuben, perfect for all that leftover corned beef after St. Patrick’s Day

Susan Filson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:16:21 +0000

Something to do with that leftover corned beef.

Wednesday-music.com indie music profile: Bear in Heaven

Jason Green — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:51 +0000

The Brooklyn-based foursome incorporates psyche rock, electronica and Krautrock into their sound, and have be compared to Pink Floyd and Animal Collective.

Hillsborough Commissioners approve ballot language for transit tax

Mitch Perry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:21:34 +0000

But Commissioner Ferlita then suggested a 3rd option, that would make explicit the 75/25 split, but would also reword the language so that it would begin by referencing the tax first, followed up by the actual project. She said that language would echo how the 1996 Community Investment Tax was worded.

What’s your green idea? We want to hear from you for our upcoming Green Issue!

Katie M. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:42 +0000

It's a good time of year to go green. What's your green idea?

My whisky epiphany; Or, the day I put the most expensive thing in my mouth – ever.

paulabercrombie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:42 +0000

Whisky? I hardly even know her!

Theater Review: The Lark at Gorilla

Mark E. Leib — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:45:26 +0000

If no one but Magali Naas (pictured, photo by Jeff Young Photography) and Giles Davies were performing in Jean Anouilh’s The Lark at Gorilla Theatre, this production might be one of the great triumphs of the decade. As Joan of Arc, Naas is luminous: she dominates her scenes with a sweetness and purity that’s almost [...]

Obesity trims years off your pet’s life

Pam Hogle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:41:32 +0000

Overfeeding, especially table scraps and treats, leads to canine obesity. Obesity can trim three years off your dog's life.

A Gay in the Life: Please don’t ask me, “Who’s on top?”

Ryan Jent — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:31:41 +0000

I’d like to preface this post by noting that I am not easily offended. I grew up in a tattoo shop — not because my parents were getting sleeves and forgot me but because of my stepfather’s career choice. Take a moment and think of a type of tattoo. Any type — from butterfly to swastika to [...]

Concert review: Fruit Bats with Blue Giant at Crowbar

deborahramos — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:56:44 +0000

Seeing the Fruit Bats play at Crowbar was my only no-brainer decision of a weekend jam-packed with music, because watching them headline an intimate venue before they get huge is something I’d regret missing.

Indian Rocks Beach Green Fest this Saturday

Katie M. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:42:50 +0000

Start celebrating Earth Day a month early by joining other eco-friendly folks at the Indian Rocks Beach Green Fest this weekend.

McCollum stays aggressive on health care, immigration reform discussed at USF, and President Obama does Fox:Mitch Perry Report 3.17.10

Mitch Perry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:41:34 +0000

Happy St. Patty’s day to all of you. There’s lots of drama on store at the Board of Hillsborough County Commission meeting today. Our Kelly Cornelius has two separate takes on it all. Attorney General Bill McCollum has been pretty clear (unlike his Democratic gubernatorial challenger) on what he thinks of the federal health care plan. He [...]

CD review: Jimi Hendrix, Valleys of Neptune

Steve Seachrist — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:30:50 +0000

Sure, he could craft studio recordings that sound more "professional" than Valleys of Neptune. But those albums have little of this one's raw intensity.

Speakers at USF Forum on immigration reform say their time is now

Mitch Perry — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:16:12 +0000

Last night the one hundred or so people in attendance at the Oval Theatre in the Marshall Center heard from St. Petersburg immigration attorney Arturo Rios, who said that those immigrants who go before an immigration judge these days, 81% end up being deported. He said that currently, enforcement has been heightened by the federal government, and said right now there are more ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents in the country working than FBI agents.