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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    This Weekend In New York: Guerilla Toss Weird Out, Cloud Becomes Your Hand Role-Play, And Quintron Turns Brooklyn Into A Swamp

    In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. Ain't it grand when some sensory input makes you feel like you're on Mars, even though you're totally sober? We devoted this weekend to the weirder side of the New York mus ... More >>

  • Film

    March 14, 2012

    Natural Selection

    In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. Ain't it grand when some sensory input makes you feel like you're on Mars, even though you're totally sober? We devoted this weekend to the weirder side of the New York mus ... More >>

  • News

    February 1, 2012

    The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

    Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2012

    Our Scientology Puzzle Solved!

    In yesterday's story celebrating our commenting community at the end of the year, I mentioned that back in the summer, I had planted a puzzle in our very successful series, The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology. Despite the large readership of that series, no one managed to spot the little visua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Our 10 Best Beer Bars

    ​ The craft beer movement, once the province of homebrewers and so-called "beer nerds," has become so mainstream that you'd be hard-pressed to find a bar in New York City that doesn't have at least Brooklyn Lager on tap. But where do you go when you want to find the absolute best brews in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Watch Patrick Stump Cover Jeff Buckley's "Everybody Here Wants You"

    On October 18 Patrick Stump will release his solo debut Soul Punk (Island), a fantastic, hooky pop-soul record, full of choruses that soar into the stratosphere and crystalline lyrics. The Fall Out Boy lead singer plays every instrument on the record, and the album lays bare his appreciation for bot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Scientology Uses Its Movie Stars to Woo Politicians, Says Former Top Exec (OR: Tom Cruise Loves Coconut Cake!)

    Want to have Tom over to your place for dinner? Apparently all it takes is some yummy coconut cake.​Another revelation this afternoon from Marty Rathbun, formerly one of the highest executives in Scientology who defected in 2004 and since 2009 has been criticizing church leader David Miscavige ... More >>

  • Film

    June 22, 2011

    Lunch With Les Blank

    Want to have Tom over to your place for dinner? Apparently all it takes is some yummy coconut cake.​Another revelation this afternoon from Marty Rathbun, formerly one of the highest executives in Scientology who defected in 2004 and since 2009 has been criticizing church leader David Miscavige ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    How Much Would You Pay To See The Concert Of Your Dreams?

    ​The Daily Swarm got wind of an eBay auction for a pair of tickets to Elephant 6 cult hero Jeff Mangum's September 9 show at the Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, which predates his appearance at the Portishead-curated ATP in Asbury Park by about three weeks. The asking price for the chance to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Florida Mayoral Candidate Called 'Unelectable' Because She's Not Married

    via​The Plight of the Single Lady, the Political Edition: You decide to run for mayor. In doing so, you are attacked as "unfit for office" because you've "put [your] political ambition" ahead of getting married and having children, a/k/a you have "a suspect commitment to family values," while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Stressed-Out New Yorkers Perhaps Not as Stressed as They'd Have You Believe

    ​While you may think you're stressed (who's stressed? It's Friday!), and spend a lot of money telling your therapist you're stressed, New York is actually way less stressed than a number of other cities, according to a Forbes report that analyzed U.S. metropolitan areas based on high unemploym ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Update: George Steinbrenner Dies of Heart Attack

    ​Update: We've just heard via ABC that George Steinbrenner has died: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died in Tampa after suffering a heart attack, three sources tell ABC Action News. The Steinbrenner family has now released a statement, per MLB.com:

  • Voice Choices

    April 20, 2010

    UNDER THE SEA

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    February 16, 2010

    Domestic Violence

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    October 27, 2009

    WOLF PACK

    Reading, music, and PBR with Max G. Morton and friends

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Putsch Comes to Shove: Health Care Meetings Devolving to Chaos (Updated)

    ​Well, those health care town meetings are going pretty much as you might expect: one in Tampa, Florida was punctuated by protesters yelling "Forty million illegals" and "Tell the truth," banging on windows, and then telling the St. Petersburg Times, "They can't even run a meeting, and they wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Inspirational Business Writing Hits A New Low with Studies in Crap and Pro-Sumer Power!

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Pro-Sumer Power! How to Create Wealth by Spending Smarter, Not Cheaper Author: Bill Quain, PhD Publisher: IN ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    John T. Edge on Diner's Journal

    Over at the NYT's Diner's Journal food writer and director of the Southern Foodways Alliance John T. Edge is on the horn, answering questions about regional American food miscellany: What's the difference between country-fried and chicken-fried steak? Are New Jersey disco fries related to poutine? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Studies in Crap and Teen Beat Magazine Kill the Video Star (Willie Aames!)

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and " ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    The Hesitant Triumph of Britney Spears

    Her fans scream, her circus-themed antics mesmerize, and her wardrobe functions just fine

  • Books

    February 18, 2009

    Lit Seen: Max G. Morton’s Apocalypse Junkyard; Brian Evenson on Last Days

    Talking magic and the morning after with a New York exile; The Brotherhood of Mutilation returns.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    A-Rod: Shot Up With "Bole," Was Young and Stupid, Never Took HGH

    At his press conference in Tampa today, Alex Rodriguez said he didn't know that the substance he took back in 2003-2005 -- which he identified as something known in "the streets of DR" as "Bole," presumably the anabolic steroid Primobolan -- was a steroid. He referred to taking the substance as "stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Lingerie Bowl VI Cancelled

    We have tried and largely failed to pay attention to football (Allen Barra's Jockbeat does a good job there), but some sports stories transcend their category. This year's Lingerie Bowl, an annual tackle football tournament featuring models in their underwear, has been cancelled. Having failed to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2008

    Yo Majesty Tonight at the Highline

    We have tried and largely failed to pay attention to football (Allen Barra's Jockbeat does a good job there), but some sports stories transcend their category. This year's Lingerie Bowl, an annual tackle football tournament featuring models in their underwear, has been cancelled. Having failed to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    New Yorkers are Just Naturally Stressed Out

    We have tried and largely failed to pay attention to football (Allen Barra's Jockbeat does a good job there), but some sports stories transcend their category. This year's Lingerie Bowl, an annual tackle football tournament featuring models in their underwear, has been cancelled. Having failed to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    CMJ Day Three: Making the Most of Shitty Options

    We have tried and largely failed to pay attention to football (Allen Barra's Jockbeat does a good job there), but some sports stories transcend their category. This year's Lingerie Bowl, an annual tackle football tournament featuring models in their underwear, has been cancelled. Having failed to g ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2007

    Every Pitcher Tells a Story

    Reyes anointed, Schilling bloated, and the Keyser Soze of baseball: Notes from spring training

  • People

    December 13, 2005

    Her Father's Trial

    What's life like for a child of the Patriot Act?

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Will Bush Face a Backlash in the Schiavo Case?

    What's life like for a child of the Patriot Act?

  • News

    December 21, 2004

    Yoo-hoo, Osama!

    What's life like for a child of the Patriot Act?

  • News

    October 19, 2004

    Outcast Ballots

    Evil, mayhem strike early in the voting for 2004

  • News

    October 19, 2004

    The Ground War

    Hanging with the Florida troops out to win—and keep—a Kerry victory

  • Film

    September 21, 2004

    Film

    Hanging with the Florida troops out to win—and keep—a Kerry victory

  • News

    June 8, 2004

    Declarations of Independence

    Since the reign of King George III, resistance has been our legacy—and to this day still is

  • Music

    May 25, 2004

    Witty C&W Duo Miscalculate Ages, Celebrate Loose Women

    Since the reign of King George III, resistance has been our legacy—and to this day still is

  • Theater

    November 18, 2003

    Southern Discomforts

    Maybe the South shall rise again, but not as a result of this week's Broadway openings

  • News

    June 24, 2003

    Name-Droppers

    Maybe the South shall rise again, but not as a result of this week's Broadway openings

  • Film

    April 29, 2003

    Speaking in Tongues

    Don't Have a Cow

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    Rooting for the Home Team

    Athletic Supporters Say Nuts to Protesters

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Sports

    Athletic Supporters Say Nuts to Protesters

  • Columns

    December 31, 2002

    The Best & Worst of Sex in 2002

    Athletic Supporters Say Nuts to Protesters

  • News

    December 31, 2002

    Sports

    Athletic Supporters Say Nuts to Protesters

  • Film

    January 29, 2002

    Filmmaker, Heal Thyself

    Athletic Supporters Say Nuts to Protesters

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Just a Touch of Gangrene

    A Few Amputations, and the Jets Should Be Good for Another Playoff Run

  • Music

    February 20, 2001

    Backfield in Motion

    A Few Amputations, and the Jets Should Be Good for Another Playoff Run

  • News

    January 30, 2001

    That Giant Sucking Sound

    Feats of Super Bowls Past Echo Through Big Blue’s Sunday Performance

  • News

    January 23, 2001

    Talk Supe

    Making Sense of the Pre–Super Bowl Media Blitz

  • News

    January 23, 2001

    Super Bowl Short Takes

    The Only Tampa Trivia You'll Need To Read

  • News

    August 1, 2000
  • Columns

    January 18, 2000

    The ABCs of Porn

    News Flash!

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