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TODAY’S CREATIVE LOVING PROFILE
Jennings gets clean water cred
Clean Water Action, a political action committee that has its origins in Ralph Nader's late '60s activism, gave its endorsement to local Democratic Congressional candidate Christine Jennings yesterday. In its endorsement letter, the group said that Jennings was committed to protecting "our lakes, rivers, streams and drinking water sources." Jennings' campaign, in announcing the endorsement, accused her [...]
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Criminals on the loose
Quick name the state the licenses thousands of felons as mortgage brokers... uh, oh yeah, it's Florida. Great investigative work by the Miami Herald.
* Iraq? Afghanistan? Shouldn't John McCain know the difference? The embarassing senior moments continue to pile up. Even worse, CBS News covered up for him. It's one thing to be a senile [...]
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Today in pop culture
You know the economy's in dire straits when the porn biz is a hurtin'.
Catfight! Catfight!
This just in: More time suckage to be had -- TiVo to stream YouTube videos.
Defamer's headline department scores another audible laugh.
A couple of weeks ago, my Morning After column bitched to this effect. Thank you, Gawker.
If you'll excuse us, we couldn't [...]
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Planned Parenthood opening in Manatee today
Planned Parenthood Opening First Health Center in Manatee County
Barbara Zdravecky, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, will discuss how crucial it is to have Planned Parenthood health services available in Manatee County due to its astonishingly high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Out of 67 counties, Manatee [...]
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Eat Your iPhone
Now that the 3G iPhone is up and running (sort of), you can make use of it's brand new, true GPS system to do more than just get directions and illegally track people. Why not use it to find some food?
Urbanspoon, a two year old Seattle company, has launched a free iPhone app that uses [...]
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"Instead of a water chestnut, use veal."
It's hard not to love the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs -- erudite humor that speaks to the, well, you know, the more-than-common man.
This week features a culinary guide to passive aggressive appetizers perfect for any gathering. Best snippet: "Have you ever noticed how sun-dried tomatoes and top-grade peyote look exactly the same? Not a [...]
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Starbucks Scrambles For Something, Anything
Read over on Serious Eats that Starbucks will introduce a new line of "Vivannos" starting tomorrow. Don't know what a Vivanno is? Time to add a word to your Starbucks lexicon of pseudo-Mediterranean new-speak: Vivanno = smoothie.
After years of not trying, those Seattle-ish coffee merchants are really scrambling, aren't they? Heck, I'm all for it. [...]
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Allman Brothers Band returns to the road
Back in May, I reported that Gregg Allman was "on the road to recovery." Today it became official, which is great news for us ABB enthusiasts. The original jam band resumes touring after an 11-month break prompted by the singer/keyboardist/guitarist and former Bradenton resident's Hepatitis C treatment. Here's the press release including a quote from [...]
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Will Quinlan tops WMNF playlist
WMNF (88.5) has always been good about playing local artists but rarely does one top the radio station's playlists. So it warrants mention to note that Will Quinlan, who I interviewed last month, topped the tally with his excellent Navasota album on Mon., July 21. Here's the chart:
WMNF 88.5 Tampa playlist, July 21, 2008
eclectic, [...]
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Odds and Ends
-NYC's most badass avant rock outfit, TV on the Radio, just announced the release date of their follow-up to 2006's fantastic Return to Cookie Mountain. The new album, Dear Science, (comma included), comes out on Interscope Sept. 22.
-On that same note, Of Montreal has also announced a fall release, Oct. 7's Skeleton Lamping on Polyvinyl (cover art pictured [...]
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