Gainesville

A Big Piece of FLIFF: Gregory von Hausch Keeps Broward's Film Scene Alive

Bill Nelson and Connie Mack Television Debate Is Set

The Bill Nelson-Connie Mack race is pretty much America's most closely watched Senate race. And now incumbent Nelson -- the Democrat -- and Mack -- the Republican -- have agreed to the only confirmed statewide televised debate on October 17. The showdown will take place at Nova Southeastern Univers ... More >>

Urban Sprawl Kills Endangered Florida Panthers

Why MTV's Real World Needs Local Party Animal Anthony Crapella

It's easy to hate Anthony Crapella. He's loud, sarcastic, and has a penchant for dropping his pants and streaking through crowds."My goal is to get famous before I'm famous," he boasts.At first glance, the unemployed 25-year-old Coral Springs party bro looks like he just stepped off the assembly lin ... More >>

Terry Jones, on Why He Hanged Obama in Effigy: Exclusive Interview

Gainesville pastor Terry Jones says his church has been contacted twice by the Secret Service in response to the display at the Dove World Outreach Center that features an effigy of President Barack Obama hanging from a noose. (The photograph sent to us shows an Uncle Sam dummy hung up; one from the ... More >>

The Beltones' Bill McFadden: I Miss the Ocean and Publix Subs

​ The Beltones Cheap Trinkets (TKO Records) beltones.com Last year in September, we had the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite local platters from the '90s, the Beltones' Lock and Load seven-inch on the sorely missed Far Out Records. It was, as it usually is within these pages, a great t ... More >>

Kenneth Martin Sarsony Identified by Ocala Cops as the Serial Pooper

Ocala Police DepartmentThis guy, allegedly Kenneth Sarsony, pooped several times outside a middle-school classroom.​The cops caught the crapper -- Ocala police say 23-year-old Kenneth Martin Sarsony is the man they believe pooped outside a middle-school classroom on four occasions.The incidents st ... More >>

College Group Plans Naked 5K Run to Promote Nakedness (Video)

AquaSun Events​Convincing college kids to bare their naughty bits doesn't sound like a tough sell. But Daniel Phillips, 25, says some youngsters must be persuaded that nudists are "not just old hippies."  That's why Phillips is helping to organize the Streak Sunsport Gardens 5K, a clothing-op ... More >>

Bonnie "Prince" Billy's Excellent Florida Adventure

Sun-Sentinel: Terry Jones Qur'an Burning "Appalling"?

​The Sun-Sentinel has published an editorial that makes two points: (1) That Qur'an-burning Gainesville pastor Terry Jones bears no responsibility for the recent murders of U.N. workers and civilians in Afghanistan, and (2) that Jones' Qur'an-burning is "appalling." Wrongo, Sentinel. You can't hav ... More >>

Shroud Eater Beats the Hell Out of Metal's Female Stereotypes

Five Questions for The Melting Pot, That '70s Classic Fondue Place

Photo by Flickr user evilmidori​Whip out a fondue pot at a party nowadays and people are likely to think you're about to ask them to drop their keys in a fishbowl. It's also not exactly a hot trend among restaurateurs, who all seem to be going Italian or offering comfort foods.But the old standard ... More >>

Fran Andrewlevich Talks About the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival

John LinnThe beer monks will be back in full force next Saturday.​There's going to be a whole lot of drinking going in Jupiter come January 29 and 30. That's when the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival transforms Roger Dean Stadium into a sudsy paradise just this side of heaven. With over 100 rare bee ... More >>

I'm Eating What?! Buffalo Bob's Alligator (With Beef) Stick

Photo by Riki Altman​I just couldn't resist: Since my partner-in-crime is a graduate of the University of Florida and I'm a Seminole to the core, I had to buy Buffalo Bob's Alligator with Beef stick so I could maw it right before his very eyes. (By some stroke of luck, I found it when searching fo ... More >>

Cohen's Loss is the World's Gain

This Show Is Juicy

The Citrus Circuit Tour swings through South Florida.

Refugees of Langerado

Some bands on the defunct festival's bill are coming to town anyway. Here's a guide.

Mehkago NT Announces Tour

Pure crusty hardcore aggression, 305-style, hits the eastern seaboard on the heels of a No Idea split with Religious as Fuck. Mehkago NT is an admixture of some of South Florida's best known, most notorious HC/punk/sludge/metal musicians.  The band features members or ex-members of DNME, To ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: Tom Petty and Ringo Starr?

Shaken, Not Rocked

Rachel Goodrich shakes, rattles, and rolls on down her own road

Straight Outta Weston

¨Mix It Up: A Mixed-Media Exhibition.¨

Sending Out an SOS

New postage increases could put some indies out of business

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Wild Kingdom

Like life on the Serengeti, the SoFla music scene maintains a dangerous balance

Access Hollywood

To be a development star in Hollywood, it’s all in who you know, baby

Cassette

Cassette (Bakery Outlet)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Steeling Home

With a new album, label, and international fanbase, the Lee Boys set their sights on South Florida

Depression Obsession

Nine Inch Nails' latest is a breakthrough in Trent Reznor's personal therapy, but don't expect it to take you to his happy place.

Release the Hounds!

True road dogs, Greyhounds keep on running

In Hot Water

They Shoot Up Horses, Don't They?

The record breakers of Gulfstream got shafted but kept winning

This week's Day-by-Day

The Mercury Program

Ollie Rides Again

The man who changed skateboarding forever skates in Hollywood -- Florida, not California

Billa-bing Billabong

The best local tunes migrate to the county line

Where's the Rest of Florida?

The Boca Raton Museum's "All Florida Invitational" doesn't live up to its name

Undercurrents

Censorship becomes a Seminole rule on the reservation

Authority Figures

Hometown punks Against All Authority trade ska for scorn

Bandwidth

Baby Robots, with the Rocking Horse Winner

My Life as a Eunuch

What's a man to do if he doesn't want his balls hanging around? Simple: Just find someone to cut them off.

The Wright Stuff

Chairman of the Board

Tuning In

To the Victor Go the Spoiled Children

County Commissioner Scott Cowan paid his daughters $10,000 in campaign funds for not working on his campaign. Hey -- it's legal.

Undercurrents

Ska Shall Overcome

Passing the Buck