Subject: Tampa

• Killer Dog, King Belief, and Charity Good--UPDATED

  August 22, 2006

• Full Q&A with Yo Majesty

  May 21, 2008

• Green Eyeshade Award Winners

  July 22, 2008

• Throwback Tuesdays: Yo Majesty--"Club Action"

  There's something about the early music of Yo Majesty that will always have a soft spot in my heart. Back when this Tampa-based duo used to be a trio, Shunda K, Jwl B, and Shon B, were my favorite female MCs of 2007. They were butch, black, badass rappers who were sort of like a 2007 version of 2 Live Crew. And their music is just as crunk. Hell, they had songs called "Kryptonite Pussy." If that's not 2 Live Crew-esque, I dont' know what is. Yo Majesty had lot's of media attention that year

  November 18, 2008

• The Straight Dope

  December 31, 1998

• Paparazzi Unimpressed by Ambiguously Straight Gov

  Don't you feel just a little sorry for the gawkers of St. Petersburg / Tampa? They've been waiting to get their place on the celebrity map forever! But no, Anna Nicole had to croak in the that other Seminole Hard Rock hotel. Today's Charlie Crist-Carole Rome wedding was supposed to be the cities' Big Celebrity Moment.But then Paps of the world responded with a collective meh! "Socialites only sort of hit our radar if they have reality shows, to be frank," said Jill Stempel, New York bureau chief

  December 12, 2008

• Ferguson: Lesbian Scene Is Hot in Delray

  We're very well aware that Broward and Palm Beach counties do not draw high-voltage celebrities in the same way as L.A. or New York. (And if we forget, we always have Donald Trump to remind us.)  Yet we do sometimes marvel at the bizarre mix of notables that rumble through town.  We've got Rush Limbaugh, Vanilla Ice, and the Williams sisters as residents. Bruce Springsteen stops by to watch his daughter ride horses in Wellington; Dennis Rodman pops up at local clubs in drag; and who co

  December 18, 2008

• Best Local Radio Program

  March 11, 1999

• Shock Market Rises

  April 15, 1999

• Pride (In the Name of Film)

  June 3, 1999

• Bandwidth

  May 18, 2000

• Alleged Bank Robber Takes "Freeze!" Order Literally

  Today we learned that Florida is exporting guns for crimes in other states, and it appears Fort Lauderdale is also exporting armed robbers for crimes in other Florida cities.Three Fort Lauderdale men are among a foursome arrested in connection with the distinctly Grinch-ian crime of knocking over a credit union in Spring Hill (which is north of Tampa, some 270 miles from Broward) on Christmas Eve. The thieves made off with $88,000.Jerome Simmons (that's him above) was the last of the four suspec

  January 6, 2009

• The Swimsuit Competition: Tampa Bay Loses

  Quit flaunting your chin, harlot. You're in Greater Tampa.Let's not get too demoralized over the national media ridiculing our corruption, which is rampant, pervasive, ubiquitous and all-encompassing. It could be worse. We could be in Pinellas County, where county officials are scrambling to cover the naughty bits of beachgoers, lest the region's tourists be scandalized.The article quotes a park supervisor who objects to the way some sunbathers employ hosery:There are men, he said, who will spor

  January 13, 2009

• It's the Magic Number

  March 3, 2005

• Best Restaurant for Gluttons

  May 12, 2005

• Road to Super Bowl Goes Thru Lauderdale?

  See you in Fort Lauderdale, hot stuff.I've been seeing an awfully lot of Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals paraphernalia in the Fort Lauderdale area. Two possible explanations:The locals are jumping on the bandwagon now that these teams are Super Bowl-bound.Steelers and Cardinals fans are flocking to South Florida because they're going to the game.Wait, No. 2 doesn't make sense. The game's in Tampa Bay.Well, either the Pittsburgh and Arizona faithful are really bad at geography, or they'

  January 27, 2009

• Loud and Proud

  July 28, 2005

• New York Vs. Florida Sound Clash

  June 28, 2007

• The Tim Version

  June 12, 2008

• Chaos is just part of the voting process in SoFla

  November 13, 2008

• Super Fans

  The secret life of storm troopers and other tales.

  February 19, 2009

• The 39 steps

  After a controversial loss to Chad Dawson, Glen Johnson is still old

  November 6, 2008

• Poe Moves to Palm Beach

  October 30, 2008

• Crush Hot Pants Party

  Return of the Booty Patrol

  July 17, 2008

• The Dark Ones

  February 2, 2006

• Rabbit in the Moon

  June 28, 2007

• The Bad News Bulldogs

  A quest for (Special) Olympic gold, starring one burned-out journalist turned coach and a volleyball team that couldn't spike straight.

  May 24, 2007

• Yo Majesty

  Yo EP (Out There Recordings)

  April 12, 2007

• Letters for November 9, 2006

  November 9, 2006

• Say What?

  Minamina Goodsong

  April 14, 2005

• Slaytanic Verses

  Slayer reminds us we're not all God's children

  November 25, 2004

• Laptop Pimpin'

  The SoFla sex industry is being taken over by grandfatherly procurers and Internet-surfing hos

  November 18, 2004

• Rock 'n' Nole

  A casino's comin' to Hollywood. It's a big gamble.

  April 22, 2004

• Rise Up for Recess

  Cooped-up kids, unite! You have nothing to lose but your desks.

  September 18, 2003

• Living la Vida Straight

  Christine Sneeringer was gay until she underwent controversial "reparative therapy"

  August 28, 2003

• Cajun Again

  Nobody celebrates Cajun more than SoFla... well, except Cajuns

  May 22, 2003

• Black Ball

  The Negro Leagues redux

  April 24, 2003

• Gamblin' Men

  Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

  January 30, 2003

• Dr. Strange Train

  Or: How I learned to start worrying and hate the bullet train

  May 30, 2002

• Bandwidth

  You can't keep a good Button down

  August 16, 2001

• The Haunted Library

  Moonlight Tales, Jazz and Java

  April 19, 2001

• Brushes With Greatness

  "Legends of Rock and Roll"

  October 28, 1999

• Go “Greener…”

  May 14, 2009

• Throwing You to the Sharks

  July 23, 2009

• Hollywood Man to Compete for Best American Truck Driver

  That's a trailer from a UPS-sponsored documentary about last year's Truck Driving Championships. This year, Hollywood is sending Florida's finest big rig pilot: Patrick Condon, who prevailed in the recent statewide competition in Tampa .Sadly, these championships are sanctioned by the American Trucking Associations, which means they reward safety, rather than dare-devilry. So instead of canyon jumping or jack-knifing, the drivers compete in events that could only thrill a warehouse manager: al

  July 30, 2009

• Health Care Demonstrators in Boca Eerily Calm

  Yesterday in Boca Raton, demonstrating for health care reform. Now there's a thought! Also, interesting strategy not to mob a town hall meeting and chant about how we should deprive immigrants of health care.  Now compare that political participation with the style that health care opponents practiced this week in Tampa -- video after the jump.

  August 14, 2009

• Restaurant News: Plantation Hooks Bonefish, Gastropub Coming to WPB, Gold Medal Whine

  ​•    It's hard catching a real bonefish, but catching a Bonefish Grill will get even easier when the Tampa-based chain opens its 43rd Florida restaurant later this month, this one in Plantation. If you've been to one, you know the drill -- scarf some fried "Bam Bam Shrimp"; your fish, get it grilled, add a sauce; swill a glass or two of wine; and tell the kids to STFU while Mommy and Daddy try to eat at least one meal in peace. •    The old Spoto's Oyster Bar

  September 11, 2009

• In Honor of Tim Tebow: 10 Great Football Careers Ended By Concussions

  flickr.com No pressure, Tim, it's only your brain. ​Though the University of Florida and coach Urban Meyer have been nothing but careful with their words, I don't think there was ever really a doubt that Tim Tebow would play in tonight's big game against LSU. This, just two weeks removed from a hellacious concussing hit that earned him an ambulance ride to the hospital in the middle of the game. The inevitability of this is even more disturbing considering the recent study comm

  October 10, 2009

• Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, In Pictures

  Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective contestants turned up for a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. casting call at Club 50 in Brickell's Viceroy. Chefs from Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Tampa, Orlando, and even Jamaica showed up for the chance

  October 28, 2009

• Trump Towers Plan Down the Tubes

  PhotobucketThe Donald, in legal hot water​With mega swindlers like Madoff and Rothstein running rampant, a rapacious capitalist like Donald Trump is almost a sweetheart in comparison. But he does not come without flaws. The Donald faces litigation in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale for allegedly falsifying his role in the construction of two luxury towers.The $300 million Tampa project went bankrupt last year, and now buyers are planning to sue. They're outraged to learn that the tycoon merely lent

  November 5, 2009